The Wild: Critic Reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 114 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

42

Earnest to the point of dullness.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times (Top Critic)

60

The Wild follows Samson the lion (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland) as he escapes from the zoo to rescue his cub who has stowed away on a ship bound for Africa.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

50

The Wild may just be the most wildly derivative animated movie in ages.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

The too-cool-for-school humor carries on incessantly, relentlessly, as if the four credited scriptwriters were paid by the gag.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

38

This is a movie to make you cherish Pixar all the more; where every pixel and plot turn in Finding Nemo snaps organically into place, The Wild strains just to get to the end of a scene.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Jim Ridley Village Voice (Top Critic)

The animation is exquisitely detailed, down to the lions' individually moving whiskers -- but when's the last time you enjoyed a cartoon for its realism?
Full Review » 6 years ago
Jack Mathews New York Daily News (Top Critic)

75

The Wild isn't stuffed with pop references for bored parents, as Madagascar was, but its juvenile spirit is truly infectious.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

63

The Wild pops out of the pack with its animation. Its visuals are fluid and detailed, and its backgrounds are better than those of recent rivals.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Nancy Churnin Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

50

New seems a bit of a misnomer for Disney's latest animated release, The Wild. A more honest choice? Finding Madagascar.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Lisa Kennedy Denver Post (Top Critic)

63

Younger children will enjoy The Wild. For them, this is a three-star outing or better.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

The movie has a lot more action than Ice Age: The Meltdown, which was essentially one long trek.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

75

There are a lot of wisecracks in The Wild, but the script is less vital than the visual virtuosity.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

50

Kids under 6 will dig it -- though the alligators and wildebeests might scare them. Certainly they scared this groan-up.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

75

It's a funny, compassionate, emotionally engaging movie that prompts both laughs and a lump in the throat.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

42

There's nothing all that wild about The Wild, a tame but entertaining-enough computer-animated film from Disney.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

63

As animated features go, it's strictly paint-by-numbers.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Justin Chang Variety (Top Critic)

Uninspired character animation and obnoxious banter aside, The Wild is ultimately done in by the persistent stench of been-there-seen-that.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Kyle Smith New York Post (Top Critic)

38

These films take years to produce, so The Wild isn't exactly a ripoff -- but it isn't exactly fun, either.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

60

So what if the story, once they get to Africa, is no better than Madagascar? It's hard to let wild predators do wild things when those wild things involve killing the other furry friends.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Geoff Pevere Toronto Star (Top Critic)

38

Technically, The Wild is impressive. Until you realize that the lifelike animated fur is the product of more professional care than the script.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

As far as story is concerned, the whole thing feels like a rerun of a raucous Saturday-morning television show aimed at hell-raising five-year-olds.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

The film is a relentlessly loud and ultimately exhausting exercise only partially leavened by the usual heavy doses of wisecracking humor and visual gags.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Christy Lemire Associated Press (Top Critic)

50

The Wild comes off as a toothless retread, even though it supposedly has been in the works for nine years.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed

Full Review » 3 years ago
Kit Bowen Hollywood.com

40

Full Review » 4 years ago