Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 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 Nov 20, 2008 2/5

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Frank Lovece Film Journal International Mar 1, 2007

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

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Peter T. Chattaway Christianity Today Nov 17, 2006 2/4

The Wild is pretty tame, and in the increasingly crowded, competitive, survival-of-the-fittest world of computer animation, it meows but does not roar

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Forrest Hartman Reno Gazette-Journal Oct 9, 2006 1.5/4

Seems like a dull Madagascar ripoff.

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Joseph Proimakis Movies for the Masses Oct 3, 2006 2/5

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Kevin Carr Fat Guys at the Movies Oct 1, 2006 2.5/5

The kids might be better off with a trip to a real zoo, if they haven't had their fill of Madagascar yet.

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John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Sep 15, 2006 1.5/4

The diverse animals are beautifully rendered, but this cliche-riddled Disney failure represents one too many trips to the CGI non-inkwell.

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John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis Sep 8, 2006 5/10

The Wild is not really bad; it's just tired.

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Derek Adams Time Out Jun 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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Todd Jorgenson Denton Record-Chronicle Jun 12, 2006

A decade ago, this sort of thing would have felt cuter, fresher and funnier than today, when the bar for CGI animation has been raised considerably.

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Joe Utichi FilmFocus Jun 3, 2006 2/5

The film is ultimately noise and its story is so overdone at this point that far from being swept up in it, we're only hoping that the next plot point isn't as predictable as the last. But things never do work out that way.

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Helen O'Hara Empire Magazine May 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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Matthew Turner ViewLondon May 25, 2006 3/5

Watchable animated adventure with one eye on the cuddly toy market, though you've got to love a film that casts William Shatner as a wildebeest.

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Neil Smith BBC.com May 23, 2006 2/5

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

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Paul Salfen Supercala.com May 18, 2006 4/10

Wildly unoriginal.

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Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review May 12, 2006 2/5

It's noisy and only so-so, though the animation is quite good.

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Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall May 9, 2006 2.5/5

Perfectly enjoyable but nothing special

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Tim Cogshell Boxoffice Magazine May 6, 2006 3/4

For the adult who may very well have to experience this film, and who may have experienced Madagascar, The Wild is better.

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Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle May 6, 2006 2/5

There's little to recommend of The Wild, which, despite its title, is about as pedestrian as you can get.

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