The Wild - 2006 Movie Review



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The Wild - 2006

Movie Reviews -- week of 4/17/2006

THE WILD

RATING
2 out of 4 Stars
CAST & CREW
Kiefer Sutherland, Eddie Izzard, James Belushi
THEATRICAL RELEASE
April 14, 2006
MPAA RATING
G
RUNTIME
1 hours, 34 minutes
RELEASE COMPANY
Buena Vista Pictures
GENRE
Childrens, Animated, Wilderness, Africa, Theatrical Release, Wild Animals, Animated Characters

Review: This clone of last year’s “Madagascar” misses its mark and comes up a few furry faces short of being a big hit. Young children will enjoy the characters and their antics, but the adults in tow will be glancing at their watches very early in the movie.

The computer generated menagerie consists of a lion, a giraffe, a koala, an edgy squirrel and an anaconda who must work together to help return a teenage lion from “The Wild,” back to the safety of the zoo and to his loving dad, Samson. Director Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams makes good use of some interesting voice-over talent (Kiefer Sutherland, James Belushi and Eddie Izzard), but the story is just not very compelling. One lesson that I did carry

by Mary Morgan is a member of the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association.

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