Now, 20th Century Studios has done it with Jack London’s classic novel, The Call of the Wild, and, perhaps taking a note from The Lion King backlash, leaned into a cartoon version of CGI Buck.

Last week in my “Sonic the Hedgehog” review, I lamented that the title character was a cleaned-up cartoon rather than ... This week, with “The Call of the Wild,” we do indeed get a ...

Jack London’s “The Call of the Wild” is the OG of anthropomorphized ... engrossing protagonist without turning him into a primal cartoon. The epic 19th century tale of Buck, the domesticated ...

If I want to see a dog turned into a cartoon, I’d rather watch a cartoon. “The Call of the Wild,” an adaptation of the Jack London classic that’s true to the spirit, if not always the ...

Our Take: This Call of the Wild is a cynicism test ... nice-but-broken old men who need a friend and sneering cartoon villains. I could see children being entertained by this sanitized version ...

The latest in a string of visually sumptuous, richly-detailed folklore fantasies from studio Cartoon Saloon – also based in Kilkenny – it is a rapturous ode to nature, unruly childhoods, and the joy ...

Most of them are a dog’s dinner. But the so-so “The Call of the Wild” can at least boast some literary cred. It’s based on Jack London’s 1903 novel about a Saint Bernard-Scotch collie ...

While watching the canine-centered action-adventure "The Call of the Wild" (in theaters Friday), we couldn't help but wonder: Why is the star dog Buck a lumbering St. Bernard mix and instead of ...