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- 2020
- PG
- 20th Century Studios
- 1 h 40 m
- 2020
- PG
- 20th Century Studios
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team--and later its leader--Buck experiences the adventure of a li...
Directed By: Chris Sanders
Written By: Michael Green, Jack London, Egerton Ryerson Young
- 2020
- PG
- 20th Century Studios
- 1 h 40 m
- 2020
- PG
- 20th Century Studios
- 1 h 40 m
The Call of the Wild
48
6.4
Where to Watch
Summary Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team--and later its leader--Buck experiences the adventure of a li...
Directed By: Chris Sanders
Written By: Michael Green, Jack London, Egerton Ryerson Young
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 44 Critic Reviews
48
30% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
61% Mixed
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
9% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 44 Critic Reviews
48
30% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
61% Mixed
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
9% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Buck is lovable forever. If you think he’s perfection on four legs, he is. If you think he’s the most human dog since Lassie, Benji and Rin Tin Tin, he isn’t. Because Buck, you see, is computer-generated. Never mind. I guarantee you will love him anyway.
I’m not sure who a faithful adaptation of The Call of the Wild would even be for in 2020. Instead, we get a pleasant movie about Harrison Ford having a nice time, laughing it up with his dog pal – and I really can’t imagine a better way to tell this story than that.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 112 User Ratings
6.4
54% Positive
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
38% Mixed
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
9% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 112 User Ratings
6.4
54% Positive
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
38% Mixed
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
9% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
Good film. And it’s very strange why critics gave such a low rating. They were not even able to reason properly.
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I gave 10/10 :) Gets better as it goes on
When I first started watching this movie, I didn't think I was going to enjoy it, due to some of the scenes at the start, but as the movie went on, it got more and more BRILLIANT.
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It should please family audiences; it’s a handsomely mounted, stirring adventure. It’s just a little bit declawed.
For all the wholesome cheesiness of much of the film, you’d have to have a pretty hard heart not to be touched by it.
Ford gives a grounded, quietly powerful performance as a reclusive, regret-filled, self-pitying old-timer who crawls out of a bottle and finds a renewed sense of purpose when he sees the world through Buck’s eyes. If only those eyes weren’t so distractingly incongruous.
The blessings of technology actually undermine the movie in significant, distracting ways.
Buck is so precocious, such a relentlessly clever construction, that he leaves nothing to our imagination. He’s the soul-free star of a movie that’s dead in the icy water.
I think the fake CGI dog stops this film from being good but the music and story is really sweet and fun. Harrison Ford was definitely trying here.
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I admit I had assumptions going into this film. I thought it was all about Ford and his dog, but it's all about the dog. Ford's a great part, but it's not like the trailers made it out to be.
So, I really hated the first act. The CGI was really rough and it seemed super cheesy and bland. Then, it started to pick up and became a pretty decent movie. It was very cliche and predictable but it was fun enough as the movie moved along.
7/12
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The CGI dog did a poor acting. I don't know how it is done, but it was very weird. The dog's behaviour was totally unreal. It is as if a human acted as a dog. Poorly made movie, could not even stand more than 10 minutes of it.
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This is a loathsome, pandering, mess of a movie. The CGI is too slick by half, and the anthropomorphization of the animals would have Disney animators rolling their eyes and saying, "Really?!?" Harrison Ford gets a wide degree of latitude from me under most circumstances, but this movie should never have been made. I'm trying to imagine if I would like this movie if I were 8 years old, or had children who were. I can't see it. Ugh. A disappointing waste of 1 hour, 39 minutes (which seemed much longer)
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Production Company
20th Century Studios,
TSG Entertainment,
3 Arts Entertainment,
Halon Entertainment,
Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit,
Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Release Date Feb 21, 2020
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating PG
Tagline Based on the Legendary Novel.
Awards
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
World Soundtrack Awards
• 1 Nomination
Hawaii Film Critics Society
• 1 Nomination
