The Call of the Wild


The Call of the Wild
An adaptation of Jack London’s famous novel, using real people and CGI dogs. We follow 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, he experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

100 minutes.
Parental Guidance 7-9 (Violence, Drug abuse).
Adventure, Animals, Drama, Family.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Harrison Ford, Karen Gillan, Dan Stevens, Bradley Whitford, Jean Louisa Kelly, Wes Brown
Director
Chris Sanders
ScreenplayMichael Green, from the novel by Jack London
MusicJohn Powell
CinematographyJanusz Kaminski
EditingDavid Heinz, William Hoy
Sound formatsDolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Surround 7.1, Auro 11.1
Made in2020
Produced by3 Arts Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Twentieth Century Fox

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreAdventure, drama
LanguageNone
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceNone (sic)
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone (sic)
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested
Runtime100
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

British Board of Film Classification rating

PG: Parental Guidance (General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children)Mild violence, Threat
Runtime100
British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
1
Violence
4
Blood / Gore / Gross
1
Guns / Weapons
4
Profanity
1
Alcohol / Drugs
3
Smoking
0
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
4
Frightening / Tense Scenes
4
Jump Scenes
3
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
4
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Metacritic.com
41 critics
9
Rottentomatoes critics
148 critics
12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer
12
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
11
CommonSenseMedia
Tara McNamara quote iconThrilling, sometimes intense adventure teaches resilience.
15
ScreenIt
Jim Judy quote iconThe end result is a mixed bag that might not be the chaos that Jeff Goldblum’s character predicted with the dinos, but definitely makes you think that those involved should have more carefully considered the choice to use technology rather than a real pup.
10

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
25 users
14
Rottentomatoes users
4230 users
18
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter
Popcornmeter
18
IMDB
3211 Netizens
14
The Movie DB
Community
12

Average .. 66%

13

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