Review of The Wild (2006) by Steven V — 24 Jul 2009
At first, this appears to be a rip-off of Madagascar, with New York City zoo animals leaving the comforts of home for the wilds of Africa. However, it is a totally different story and feel to it, more serious and sentimental than Madagascar.
The first 50 minutes of this movie was spectacular. The jokes were excellent, the characters mostly funny and the animation superb. The dark, rich colors in here are magnificent. The minor characters are the best in here: the snake, koala bear and squirrel.
Eddie Izzard, Richard Kind and James Belushi, in particular, are great in their voices of these characters. The two crocodiles that the wandering zoo animals meet in the sewers are hilarious. The major characters: the lion (Kiefer Sutherland), his cub (Greg Cipes) and the giraffe (Janeane Garofalo) were all a little too much on the serious side.
Speaking of serious, the last third of this movie totally switched gears. It got too serious, frightening in spots and then the usual corny Disney ending. It's too bad, this could have been super if they had just continued doing what was working the first 50 minutes.
This review of The Wild (2006) was written by Steven V on 24 Jul 2009.
The Wild has generally received mixed reviews.
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