The Call of the Wild Movie Review

Characters

Buck was an amazing character! They did a great job showing the growth and emotions of this animal. Plus they coupled together Buck with great side characters like Omar Sy to help shape the future of the main character.

Reviewer’s Curve

The Call of the Wild was entertaining and all of the pieces brought a lot of fun to the entire movie. The only thing that really annoyed me was one of the human villains of the movie. He was a gnat and they could have used something else for storytelling.

Plot

Unfortunately I felt the plot needed a bit more to it. Luckily enough everything else in this movie deflected each other to make it enjoyable.

Pacing

Start to finish was smooth and barely dragged. The ultimate tell of a boring movie is the amount of times you have to check your watch and I barely checked it. Each act was forwarded well and there were rarely any slow points

Spoilers

My biggest upset for this movie was the character of Hal. He was the main villain of the movie which made no sense. It would have been fine if the main character was Thornton but he was just a side character. Most of his hatred was because he felt Thornton has done him wrong.

Even though I liked the character of Buck I felt his model was off a bit. He should have been a huskie or something along those lines. I feel him taking over the pack was a bit weird since he was basically a house dog. His spirit animal was a wolf too so maybe pick a dog that’s close to it.

The Call of the Wild (2020) Cast and Details

The Call of the Wild (2020) is directed by Chris Sanders and stars Harrison Ford, Omar Sy, Dan Stevens, Karen Gillan and Bradley Whitford. It runs 100 minutes and is rated PG. You can look up the full cast and crew on IMDb. You might also like my Sonic the Hedgehog 2020 review.