Call of the Wild (2009)
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Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 0
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Independent filmmaker {$Richard Gabai gives Jack London's literary classic a modern-day makeover with this family-friendly adventure. Nine-year-old city girl Ryan (Ariel Gade) is visiting her grandpa (Christopher Lloyd) in Montana and lamenting the lack of shopping malls when she befriends a wounded wild dog and names it Buck. As the annual sledding race draws near, Ryan and her new friends begin training Buck for the big day in hopes that he can win the gold. Can Buck's wild spirit be tamed in
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Christopher Lloyd
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Ariel Gade
Ryan Hale -
Wes Studi
Hatcher -
Aimee Teegarden
Tracy -
Veronica Cartwright
Sheriff Taylor -
Timothy Bottoms
Heep -
Devon Graye
Ozz -
Joyce DeWitt
Jolene -
Jaleel White
Dr. Spencer -
Kameron Knox
Jack -
Devon Iott
Marla -
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Alternately jerking the audience's tears and splashing snow in their faces, 3-D indie Call of the Wild loses focus (literally) but gets by on its good-hearted demeanor.
Top CriticDog-centric adventure drama is age-appropriate but blan
Although Call of the Wild would have been a dime a dozen in a previous era, right now, it's so old it feels new again.
Even comparing itself to the beloved book makes this clunky and supposedly family-friendly drama seem worse than it already is.
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