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  • The CW
  • Oct 7, 2007
  • The CW
  • Oct 7, 2007
Life is Wild

Summary A New York vet moves his second wife and their two sets of children to a South African game reserve run by his father-in-law. This new drama is based on the eponymous British series named Wild at Heart.Beautiful People creator Michael Rauch wrote the pilot and Company Pictures, the company behind the original series, will also co-produce...

  • The CW
  • Oct 7, 2007
  • The CW
  • Oct 7, 2007
Life is Wild
Season 1
Season Premiere: Oct 7, 2007
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
44
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Summary A New York vet moves his second wife and their two sets of children to a South African game reserve run by his father-in-law. This new drama is based on the eponymous British series named Wild at Heart.Beautiful People creator Michael Rauch wrote the pilot and Company Pictures, the company behind the original series, will also co-produce...

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Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
44
16% Positive
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53% Mixed
10 Reviews
32% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
44
16% Positive
3 Reviews
53% Mixed
10 Reviews
32% Negative
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75
Yes, there's a heavy hand in the schmaltz department, what with the dead mother and the wounded beasts and all (Hey! It's Africa after all!) but it's not so heavy that it's annoyingly cloying. At least it worked for me.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
60
It is predictable and average, except for the stunning animals. They're ready for more close-ups.
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
50
Life Is Wild, is serenely benign considering its title, but some families should find fun in this foolishness from far away.
By Jonathan Storm FULL REVIEW
50
There is both everything going on and nothing going on simultaneously in this CW hour, but the series ultimately could click, depending on where things go from here.
By Ray Richmond FULL REVIEW
40
Most of the actors, who admittedly don't have much to work with, seem to be visiting rather than inhabiting their parts....All in all, a trip to the zoo will serve you better.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
20
It just substitutes South Africa for "Everwood's" Colorado, trite idiocy for "Everwood's" sharp dialogue, and a game of blind-man's-bluff for "Everwood's" casting director--actress Leah Pipes, who looks 25 and sounds 30, is the least convincing teenager since Stockard Channing staved off menopause in "Grease."
By Glenn Garvin FULL REVIEW
10
While Life is Wild is structured as a sort of fishes-out-of-water tale, it is more accurately described as a neocolonial masturbatory fantasy.
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