The Call of the Wild
2020, Drama/Adventure, 1h 40m
203 Reviews 5,000+ Verified RatingsWhat to know
It's undermined by distracting and unnecessary CGI, but this heartwarming Call of the Wild remains a classic story, affectionately retold. Read critic reviews
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Critic Reviews for The Call of the Wild
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This movie just kind of meanders.
March 6, 2020 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review… -
This film clocks in at a mere 100 minutes, but, except for a race between a dog sled and an avalanche, it lacks crispness as well as elan.
March 6, 2020 | Rating: C+ | Full Review… -
There is little here, amid the high-tech photorealistic animations, that would satisfy London's concept of "wild."
March 2, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… -
At a time where cynicism reigns, it's refreshing to call back to the simple thrills of venturing into the unknown -- CGI pups at your side or not.
February 28, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
Harrison Ford does quietly powerful work as author Jack London's hero, but his computer-generated co-star looks weird.
February 25, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… -
The upshot is that this is an interesting one-star movie to think about. My son and I talked about it all afternoon. Whether it's a movie worth paying to see, however, is a different question.
February 25, 2020 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Call of the Wild
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Feb 23, 2020When asked how he would like to re-enter the Hollywood workforce, Harrison Ford sat pensively on his agent's black leather casting couch before bellowing, "I think in my younger days I really killed it doing disinterested narration voiceovers." A frantic memo was sent to the Disney hivemind - execute :Operation Jack London: we have our codger - . Suddenly, as if called forth from the Skynet compound itself, casting directors, production assistants, and CG animators emerged from their frost-dusted ice lockers with the fine-tuned vision and coldly calculated compulsion of an A.I. cavalry. *beep-boop* make the 1890's Yukon mailman a Jamaic-I mean-French Black guy for token diversity *beep-boop* all human antagonists are ugly or have mustaches *beep-boop* main character is a good boy fren who is doin me a frighten *beep-boop* shoehorn preachy theme about the shortsightedness of greed despite production originating from one of the world's highest grossing media conglomerates *beep-boop* convey all emotional intentions through invasive score *beep-boop* drinking is sort of bad *beep-boop* dog is not gay *beep-boop* Thanks to the magic of modern CG animation, in just a few months we have been given awful-looking cat humans and, now, stupid-looking human dogs. What will we see next on the Disneys? Yes, I already forgot the five new Disney remake/reboot/franchise trailers that preceded THIS ADAPTATION OFA BELOVED AND CLASSIC PIECE OF LITERATURE THAT HAPPENS TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN UTILIZED AS A PRIMER FOR HARRISON FORD'S UNNECESSARY AND UNWANTED RETURN TO THE INDIANA JONES FRANCHISE.Steve L Super Reviewer
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