I’ve never read this book. It’s about a dog and his human though, so sign me up.
I’m a sucker for any film that stars a pooch. The pooch in this film is computer animated. If this is a faithful adaptation of the novel it’s based on, I can see why.
This dog goes through a lot. With how vocal animal advocates are it’s easier to animate the dog, but there is an element missing with a fake dog.
This seems to be the trend. Many films have been relying on animated animals as I suppose it’s cheaper in a sense to have just animators as opposed to trainers, handlers, etc. I get it, but I’d much rather see a real life dog interacting with the actor. Anyway, this film also stars Harrison Ford.
There is a lot of action in this film. Most of the time our four legged friend is in some sort of danger and he has to figure out how to get out of it.
Our protagonist is Buck the dog who begins as the mayor’s dog before being stolen and sold to gold miners in the Yukon. He escapes and is adopted by friendly mailman named Perrault (Omar Sy). He remains with Perrault until the mailman ends up without a job and has to sell his entire sled team. Buck is then bought by a cartoonish fortune seeker (Dan Stevens) who abuses Buck and the other dogs. During these different parts of his journey he always encounters John Thornton (Ford) until Buck finally ends up in Thornton’s care.
Buck is cute and you root for him every step of the way. Ford is great as usual. The film is also visually stunning.
“The Call of the Wild” is a charming film. Ford seems to genuinely enjoy interacting with Buck even though he’s not actually there. Some moments are sad and tense, but it was fun to join Buck and Thornton on their wild adventure.
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