“The Call of the Wild” is a cozy, square, kind-of-synthetic, kind-of-touching canine adventure movie that a lot of critics were probably too harsh about, all because it has a CG dog. Don’t get me wrong; I’d have preferred a flesh-and-blood dog as well. But critics have developed a line-in-the-sand attitude about this technology, at least when applied to “real” beasts. In “The Call of the Wild,” the fusion of live action and CGI works well enough, especially once Harrison Ford, as soft as he is gruff, comes into the picture. The movie is just what you’d expect: calendar-art wilderness settings, old-school ’60s-Disney-nature-film bobsled drama, a cast of human actors who, with the exception of Ford, get swallowed up by the scenery.
The only surprise about “The Call of the Wild” is its price tag. The film cost $125 million.
I’m shocked every time I read that figure,...
The only surprise about “The Call of the Wild” is its price tag. The film cost $125 million.
I’m shocked every time I read that figure,...
- 2/23/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
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