The Wild (English, 2006)

It had to happen. Last few years have seen so many animation movies that sooner or later, they were bound to run out of ideas. And that's what happens to the Wild. A cross between Finding Nemo and Madagascar, this film The Wild will drive you wild with frustration as you see the antics of four animals from a zoo - a lion who has the reputation of being wild and ferocious but was actually born in a circus, have never seen a forest and has no hunting instincts; a she-giraffe, a self-absorbed koala and a squirrel who thinks he is the God's gift to females and is attempting to date the giraffe. The plot is that the lion's son has been taken to the wild, and these four animals leave the zoo to find him and get him back.

The feeling you get in watching the movie is ennui. The centerpoint of an animation movie is imagination. It has to pull be back from these stupid adult years and take me to those wonderful days when anything was possible, anything was believable and there were so many exciting things that could happen. Well, this movie doesn't. It fails to recreate the magic of Finding nemo, the pain of a father and his bravery in taking on the world is simply not there. It fails to portray the friendship of Madagascar and it fails to stand as a good original cinema on its own. The dialogues attempt to be witty, but sound street-wise and shallow. The animation is good enough, but does not bring you those wondrous sceneries possible only in animation movies. And the narrative is repetitive and uninteresting.

Recommendation - Avoid it, unless you have kids who have nothing better to do.
Rating - ✔