The Wild (2006)

The Wild is a 2006 American-Canadian 3D computer animated comedy adventure film directed by animator Steve "Spaz" Williams, and written by Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Mark Gibson and Philip Halprin. It features the voices of Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi, Janeane Garofalo, Greg Cipes, Eddie Izzard, Richard Kind, William Shatner and Patrick Warburton.

Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Hoytyboy Pictures, Sir Zip Studios and Contrafilm, it was animated by C.O.R.E. Feature Animation. It was released to theaters on April 14, 2006 in North America, by Buena Vista Pictures.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Decent voice acting.
 * 2) Some funny moments like that scene with an adorable baby hippo.
 * 3) Samson's backstory is emotional.
 * 4) Amazing soundtrack, especially "Really Nice Day".
 * 5) Eddie Izzard's performance on Nigel the Koala is hilarious and the character itself is really likeable and funny.
 * 6) Despite lying to his friends and son about being born in the wild, Samson tries to be a relatable character at times.
 * 7) Pretty good characters
 * 8) Great humor

Bad Qualities

 * 1) It's a Madagascar rip-off.
 * 2) Making Kazar, a Wildebeest, the main villain is not only bizarre and weird, but his motivation by making prey the predators and vise versa is completely stupid.
 * 3) Excessive product placement during the "Clocks" scene. The advertisement of the Broadway musical of The Lion King (which makes a cameo) even doesn't help matters either.