The animation here impresses more than in the equally defunct Madagascar, but everything else smacks of an easy money-making exercise of such dimwitted inanity even the youngest kids will see through it.
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06/24/06
The Wild (2006)
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Reviews Counted:109
Fresh:20
Rotten:89
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: With a rehashed plot and unimpressive animation, there’s nothing wild about The Wild.
Theatrical Release:26-05-2006
Synopsis: Ryan, a lion cub, worships his father, Sampson (Kiefer Sutherland), the brawny, brave, uncontested king of a New York City zoo. The film opens as Ryan listens adoringly as Sampson recounts yet... [More]
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo
Director: Steve "the Spaz" Williams
Reviews for The Wild
Top CriticThe Wild roars back from a rocky opening act to a storming last reel, just managing to claw its way above comparisons with Madagascar.
05/26/06
Top CriticThe film is ultimately noise and its story is so overdone at this point that far from being swept up in it, we're only hoping that the next plot point isn't as predictable as the last. But things never do work out that way.
06/03/06
Watchable animated adventure with one eye on the cuddly toy market, though you've got to love a film that casts William Shatner as a wildebeest.
05/25/06
What's so aggravating here is the grievous lack of wit, imagination and plain old story.
05/23/06
Top CriticPerfectly enjoyable but nothing special
05/09/06
For all the rest of the film's unoriginality, The Wild moves along with solidly crafted wit.
03/01/07
It may not be true that animals in a zoo feel jailed, but you'll feel that way if you sit through all 80 minutes of this sub-par animated Disney misfire.
04/13/06
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05/06/06
Am I mistaken or wasn't "Madagascar" about zoo animals going to the wild? That's why "The Wild" seemed incredibly familiar.
04/22/06
Virtually nothing about it is cute.
04/22/06
Impressive animation, but too much déjà vu here.
04/15/06
As animated features go, it's strictly paint-by-numbers.
04/14/06
Ending with a sputter, "Wild" still remains an engaging creation, and successful against incredible odds. Here's a note to Disney and Dreamworks: You can stop making the same movies now.
04/13/06
The Wild pops out of the pack with its animation. Its visuals are fluid and detailed, and its backgrounds are better than those of recent rivals.
04/14/06
Kids under 6 will dig it -- though the alligators and wildebeests might scare them. Certainly they scared this groan-up.
04/14/06
Great animated films -- heck, great films in any medium -- have a theme that carries all the way through. But The Wild is a random assortment of vignettes connected by butt jokes and the half-idea of a lion cub rebelling against his dad.
04/13/06
The Wild comes off as a toothless retread, even though it supposedly has been in the works for nine years.
04/13/06
The Wild may just be the most wildly derivative animated movie in ages.
04/14/06
Obvious plot similarities to Dreamworks animated kid's movie "Madagascar" haunts this superior Disney produced CG animated story about a group of New York Zoo animals that go for an unexpected boat trip to an African jungle.
04/11/06
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