The Wild

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The Wild

G

2006

1h 25m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Animation

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An adolescent lion (Kiefer Sutherland) who was raised in captivity finds himself accidentally plucked from the New York Zoo and deposited in Africa. Meanwhile, the friends he left behind at the zoo must put aside their differences to help bring him home safely.

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Critics Consensus

With a rehashed plot and unimpressive animation, there's nothing wild about The Wild.

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Derek Adams

Time Out

06/24/2006

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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Helen O'Hara

Empire Magazine

05/26/2006

3/5

The Wild roars back from a rocky opening act to a storming last reel, just managing to claw its way above comparisons with Madagascar.

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Neil Smith

BBC.com

05/23/2006

2/5

What's so aggravating here is the grievous lack of wit, imagination and plain old story.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/27/2020

2.5/4.0

It's frightening to me to think that a group of studio executives sat around a room and green-lighted this film.

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Kit Bowen

Hollywood.com

11/20/2008

2/5

Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

03/01/2007

For all the rest of the film's unoriginality, The Wild moves along with solidly crafted wit.

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javier c

@JavierCastillo150 Jan 21

I don't see this as a as they say "Ripoff to Madagascar" I see this as a "spinoff to The Lion King" and a story "Based on Madagascar" and I like it

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Good boy money

Jan 5

That's a ripof of Madagascar

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Angel R.

@AngelTheArtist Dec 21

I Found Out That Jeffery Katzenberg forced the Animators to work on a movie called Madagascar. Jeffery Pushed the movie out of the way before Disney could. But I Also Found Out that The Wild did Bad At The Moment. Which means I Heart Madagascar better than The Wild.

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Diego Robert G

Nov 10

This movie is solid because the animation was creative Samson, the lion was well written and everything else looks like if it was like live action, which is pretty good recommended 7/10

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Ciaran S

@TrainMultifan26 Sep 16

Okay so imagine the story & writing of "Finding Nemo" with the concept of "Madagascar" with some elements of "The Lion King", that's this movie in a nutshell. The Wild is the most laziest attempt to rip off another good movie I mean I get that the animation is decent at best but not only is story unengaging & unoriginal with plot holes, characters that are uninteresting & forgettable that and the jokes & gags are insufferable with some of the worst comedy in an animated film since "Brother Bear", my best recommendation is to just skip this movie entirely and just stick with the "Madagascar" movies, that is worth funny & entertaining while this movie is so bad is makes "Chicken Little" look like classic.

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Muhammad A

Aug 17

This movie is a cultural icon, and is very slept on and swept under. People are quick to mention Madagascar and people try make comparisons of who’s better or etc, but in my opinion, just enjoy em man. As a kid it made me cry and as an adult it still makes me laugh. The animation style still lives up to, if not, is better than today’s quality, the soundtrack is superb and the storyline is one that grabs your heartstrings. If you can’t see the brilliance of this movie then I wonder what sad lif you must live.

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Synopsis

An adolescent lion (Kiefer Sutherland) who was raised in captivity finds himself accidentally plucked from the New York Zoo and deposited in Africa. Meanwhile, the friends he left behind at the zoo must put aside their differences to help bring him home safely.

Director: Steve "Spaz" Williams
Producer: Clint Goldman, Beau Flynn
Screenwriter: Ed Decter, Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin, John J. Strauss
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: CORE Technologies, Complete Pandemonium
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 14, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2014
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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