“The Wild Life” accomplishes that by telling the story from the point of view of the island’s animals. In place of Crusoe as narrator, we get Mak, a parrot who lives where the man and his ...

The tale of Robinson Crusoe, loosely based on the real-life experiences of castaway Alexander Selkirk, has been told for hundreds of years, since Daniel Defoe's 1719 epistolary novel.

Nothing feels remotely fresh, let alone savage or zany in “The Wild Life.” It’s a dull, uninspired and frantically tedious animated retelling of the Robinson Crusoe story, complete with a ...

The tale of Robinson Crusoe, ... “Wild Life” is more focused on its action-adventure story line, as related by curious parrot Mak, or Tuesday (David Howard) as Crusoe calls him.

Robinson Crusoe shared his oasis with birds and beasts aplenty, and thanks to the magic of computer animation, the critters finally get a chance to tell their side of the story in “The Wild Life ...

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. The problem is not the quality of animation ...

Parents need to know that “The Wild Life” is an animated adventure inspired by Daniel Defoe’s classic novel “Robinson Crusoe” about a British castaway (in this version, Crusoe winds up ...

We can’t decide whether the distributors handling “The Wild Life” are being condescending or just pragmatic with the title they’ve given their 3-D animated feature. Marketed abroad as ...

It's no great shock when a movie based on a beloved book falls short of the original, but few fail as confoundingly as "The Wild Life." This kid-friendly take on "Robinson Crusoe" so completely ...

The tale of Robinson Crusoe, loosely based on the real life experiences of castaway Alexander Selkirk, has been told for hundreds of years, since Daniel Defoe's 1719 epistolary novel.

The tale of Robinson Crusoe, loosely based on the real life experiences of castaway Alexander Selkirk, has been told for hundreds of years, since Daniel Defoe’s 1719 epistolary novel.

Nothing feels remotely fresh, let alone savage or zany in “The Wild Life.” It’s a dull, uninspired and frantically tedious animated retelling of the Robinson Crusoe story, complete with a ...