The Call of the Wild
2020 · Movie · PG · 100 min · ★ 7.5 · 56% critics
A big-hearted dog is uprooted from a comfortable life and pushed into the rugged Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As he joins a mail delivery sled team—and later leads—he faces hard work and shifting fortunes, all while searching for where he truly belongs.
Based on The Call of the Wild
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-02-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 56/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (3,945 votes)
- Box office
- $107,604,626
- Budget
- $150,000,000
About
Go for it if you want an emotional family adventure with lots of sled-team action and a heartfelt journey; Not for you if you dislike CGI-heavy animal visuals or prefer a tougher, less sanitized take on White Fang or A Dog's Way Home.
Pros: heartwarming dog adventure; Yukon scenery; Ford performance | Cons: heavy CGI reactions; watered-down story; cliché villain element
Themes
- based on novel or book
- affectation
- gold rush
- alaska
- dog
- sled dogs
- dog sled
- yukon, canada
- 19th century
- pets
- appreciative
Cast & crew
Harrison Ford
as John Thornton
Dan Stevens
as Hal
Colin Woodell
as Charles
Karen Gillan
as Mercedes
Omar Sy
as Perreault
Raven Scott
as Pastry Chef
Wes Brown
as Mountie
Cara Gee
as Françoise
Jean Louisa Kelly
as Katie Miller
Terry Notary
as Rail Worker / Live Action Reference Performance of Buck
Directed by Chris Sanders