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The Wild
2006 82 min Canada, United States of America G 0+
★5.5
Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Director: Steve 'Spaz' Williams
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Description
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
Budget:
$80M
US Gross:
$37.38M
Worldwide:
$102.34M
Starring
Kiefer Sutherland
Actor
Jim Belushi
Actor
Eddie Izzard
Actor
Awards
2 nominations total
Key opinion
The Wild is widely considered a derivative work that suffers from unfavorable comparisons to contemporary hits like Madagascar. While some viewers find it a pleasant, colorful, and occasionally humorous family film, critics largely dismiss it as a clichéd and unoriginal production.
| Acting | Nigel the koala is consistently identified as the film's most memorable and standout character. | |
| Originality | The plot is heavily criticized for relying on unoriginal tropes and formulaic narratives borrowed from films like The Lion King, Finding Nemo, and Madagascar. | |
| Production | Opinions on the animation quality are split; some praise its colorful and realistic visual style, while others describe it as jarring, unthoughtful, or inferior to its competitors. | |
| Humor | The film’s humor is highly polarizing, viewed by some as a source of genuine laughter and by others as crude, stale, or forced. |