Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936248951
Format: AC-3
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-09-12
Running Time: 82
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2006-04-14

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Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: Super quality
Comment: This is the best Bluray picture quality I have seen for an animation film. Also the 1.85:1 format makes it even better by filling up the screen. The movie it self isn't the best but it sure is entertaining. The quality of the 3d motions remind me of the great quality like in Disney's Dinosaur (not as cartoony as Madagascar). This disc also makes a great Home theatre demo disc (see the special features menu).
The only thing that dissapoints me is that there is no "making of" or other extra technical data.

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Summary: The Wild beats Madagascar easily
Comment: First time I watched it with my 4-yr. old grandson drew me in with the relationships (father/son, romantic squirrel/giraffe).Watched it alone and found the technical aspect beats Madagascar with its stiff, jerky character movements. Great subplots and never a dull moment...great running gag( the koala bear doll ) even infected our grandkids who remember every characters name and repeat "I'm so cuddly I like You". Funny movie for adults...highly recommended.

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Summary: Disney's Madagascar
Comment: This film is a great Child/Family film that is suitable for children of all ages. The one drawback is that it seemed to be a sad attempt at movie similar to DreamWorks Madagascar. There is no Disney magic or even an attempt at sprinkling the pixie dust. My children found the moving rather boring and they lost interest. I would not recommend this movie unless there is nothing else to watch and your kids are screaming at the top of their lungs and you need to shut them up. Choose another movie if you can.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Not as good as Madagascar, but still a good movie
Comment: My kids have seen it and liked it. I watched it and was hoping it was as funny as Madagascar but it wasn't - it was still good, though. However, it seemed to me to have stolen many ideas from Madagascar (I personally don't like when they do too much of that... and STILL don't meet up with the level of what they're copying).

Customer Rating:

Summary: Great for Kids; Parents Will Get a Laugh or Two
Comment: I liked this movie as a light comedy. The movie was cute and remarkably clever in several places. However, the movie follows a Disney trend in that the movie is more oriented for children than adults. So, while there were parts of the movie that I enjoyed, in general my thought was, "Ho, hum."

Samson the lion (Kiefer Sutherland) is the "king" of the zoo. Samson is a leader at the zoo, and seems to always be in control and to know the right thing to do. Son Ryan (Greg Cipes) is at that awkward age where he wants to be more like dad, but he still has a lot of experience to gain first.

Ryan accidentally ends up in a truck trailer heading to Africa. Samson, Benny the manic squirrel (Jim Belushi), Bridget the giraffe (Janeane Garofalo), Nigel the Koala (Eddie Izzard), and Larry the Snake (Richard Kind) mount a rescue mission to save Ryan. The journey takes the group through the wilds of the city to the real wild of the African jungle, where they meet a crazy wildebeest named Kazar (William Shatner). Troubles abound for the group as they face an array of animals and natural disasters while trying to return safely to their zoo home.

The biggest problem this movie has is that it is a "me too" movie. I have watched "Ice Age" movies, "The Lion King," "Happy Feet," and many more. After a while, the whole "animals off on a quest" plot gets to be a little old. Fortunately, there is enough comedy in this movie to keep this movie from being a waste of time. Nigel the Koala is sarcastic and hilarious. Larry the snake is dopey and adds a different kind of humor. Benny is frenetic and typically funny. The other positive thing is that this movie is very family friendly (as long as the adults can keep from nodding off).

Since this movie is at the tail end of a long list of movies with similar themes, I am not sure what this movie could have done better, except being released a few years from now. There is good comedy and characterizations. The story is weak, but how complicated can you make a story about rescuing a child? The child is lost, go find him and bring him home. I hope that the current lengthy list of movies using animated animals will end. Then I will pull this one back off the shelf and give it another chance.

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Editorial Reviews:

Ryan a lion cub worships his father Sampson (Kiefer Sutherland) the brawny brave uncontested king of a New York City zoo. The film opens as Ryan listens adoringly as Sampson recounts yet another tale of roaring wildebeests into submission on the African savannah. While the zoo animals cavort Ryan slips into a metal crate bound overseas for a chance to see "the wild" for himself. Now Sampson with the help of his loyal friends Benny the squirrel (James Belushi) Nigel the koala bear (Eddie Izzard) Bridget the giraffe (Janeane Garafalo) and Larry the snake (Richard Kind) must brave the New York City jungle and then the actual jungle to save his son from the clutches of a crazed wildebeest with aspirations to carnivorousness (William Shatner). To make things worse Sampson confesses that his heroic stories were fabrications; he's completely lost in his wild surroundings unable to fight off a rabid poodle or eat a sassy hyrax. Since ANTZ hit the cineplexes in 1993 computer-animated films about chatty animals have proliferated but THE WILD is perhaps the first that is heavily influenced by its immediate predecessors taking a little plot from MADAGASCAR adding healthy doses of the ICE AGE films and borrowing heavily from the father-son sentiments of THE LION KING (the animals actually pass a Times Square theater playing THE LION KING). However originality isn t the draw here: it's the world-class voice-acting by Hollywood heavies and the non-stop slapstick antics that will have children screaming with delight. Amid all the ridiculousness parents will appreciate the wry asides by Eddie Izzard's koala bear. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: PG UPC: 786936248951 Manufacturer No: 03708800