Film Review – The Wild Life

The 1719 novel “Robinson Crusoe,” has been a source of creative inspiration for centuries, experiencing all type of media adaptations and interpretations. Author Daniel Defoe’s tale of castaway life is ripe for exploration, but “The Wild Life” isn’t interested in retelling the same old story of survival and cultural discovery. Looking to charm family audiences, the production pushes Crusoe to the background, instead focusing on the animal kingdom for this CGI-animated take on the source material. “The Wild Life” is an appropriate title, carrying a manic energy and a cast of creatures, and while it maintains vague similarities to Defoe’s story, it mostly invests in situations of slapstick and cartoony characters, looking to compete with broad Hollywood fare, which always has luck with anthropomorphized animals. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com