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The Wild Life

Play trailer 2:17 Poster for The Wild Life PG 2016 1h 30m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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18% Tomatometer 57 Reviews 28% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Times are good for Mak the parrot, Scrubby the goat, Carmello the chameleon and the rest of the wildlife that inhabit a tropical island. Their day-to-day routine gets shaken up when a mysterious creature washes up on shore. He's a sailor named Robinson Crusoe, and he's the only human survivor of a terrible storm that destroyed his ship. As the animals get to know their peculiar new guest, they find him to be a useful ally when two conniving cats try to seize control of their exotic paradise.
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Critics Consensus

The Wild Life uses its classic source material as a half-hearted springboard into a colorfully animated but essentially empty experience that only the youngest of viewers will find at all entertaining.

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Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald 10/28/2016
2/5
Robinson Crusoe: The Wild Life is a handbook of mistakes -- although I can't say whether the problem was lack of budget, time, or simply judgment. Go to Full Review Raakhee Mirchandani New York Daily News 09/13/2016
2/5
Kids might be amused, but adults will find the jokes weak, the narrative bleak and little to pass the time between animal chase scenes. Go to Full Review Radheyan Simonpillai NOW Toronto 09/09/2016
2/5
contemporary relevance doesn't make this movie any more interesting. It just floats by on flat characters and predictable gags, a functional distraction for kids who are bound to forget it as soon as they hit the next episode of Dora The Explorer. Go to Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse 03/01/2021
1/5
Not a travesty, some small ones may find delight with the cute hedgehogs and company, but it is lazy. Go to Full Review Rachel Wagner rachelsreviews.net 04/11/2019
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I personally would rather watch this film than a lazy unambitious effort like Ice Age: Collision Course but that's just me. Go to Full Review Sharronda Williams Pay or Wait 11/13/2018
This was an impressive film visually for the independent Belgian company but the story unfortunately falls flat. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Nicholas D Jan 29 THIS MOVIE IS FREAKING GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Koi P @hopep 11/09/2024 The artists did a good job with the graphics. I am not sure who is the intended audience. It might entertain a 4 or 5 year old, but would be too scary for them. Flat, unoriginal, and uninspired. See more Ethan G 09/05/2023 Although "The Wild Life" occasionally doesn't know where to go and eventually drifts off course towards the end, this funny, charming and exciting animated feature is genuinely well-made and thoroughly entertaining. See more 05/01/2022 All ages are admitted and allowed!!! LOL, so funny and full of adventure (and action-packed comic relief)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also including a very sweet and funny voice cast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 03/11/2022 One of the worst animated movies of 2016, Robinson Crusoe/The Wild Life has colourfully animated antics galore - the lighting's a bit off, though, and at times the movement's a bit jerky - and serviceable voice acting but the weak premise, unfunny jokes, boring, one-dimensional characters and not really having much of a plot to speak of (it just ends after Crusoe and the parrot deal with another threat) make it a movie that's most likely to appeal strictly to children and nobody else outside of that demographic. Go watch Madagascar instead if you want a more entertaining version of "family-friendly Cast Away". See more 03/06/2019 Awful boring! My children didnâ(TM)t even like it! We walked out half way through See more Read all reviews
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Vincent Kesteloot

Director

Ben Stassen

Director

Doug Stone

Aynsley

Ron Allen

Bosun

Colin Metzger

Carmello

Michael Sorich

Cecil
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Movie Info

Synopsis Times are good for Mak the parrot, Scrubby the goat, Carmello the chameleon and the rest of the wildlife that inhabit a tropical island. Their day-to-day routine gets shaken up when a mysterious creature washes up on shore. He's a sailor named Robinson Crusoe, and he's the only human survivor of a terrible storm that destroyed his ship. As the animals get to know their peculiar new guest, they find him to be a useful ally when two conniving cats try to seize control of their exotic paradise.
Director
Vincent Kesteloot, Ben Stassen
Producer
Gina Gallo, Mimi Maynard, Domonic Paris, Ben Stassen, Caroline Van Iseghem
Screenwriter
Lee Christopher, Domonic Paris, Graham Welldon
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Illuminata Pictures, StudioCanal, Summit Entertainment, nWave Pictures, uFilm
Rating
PG (Some Rude Humor|Mild Action/Peril)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 9, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 29, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.0M
Runtime
1h 30m
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