Robinson Crusoe (2016 film)
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| Music by | Ramin Djawadi |
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| Distributed by | StudioCanal |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
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| Budget | $13.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $20.9 million[2] |
Robinson Crusoe (released in the United States as The Wild Life) is a 2016 Belgian-French 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by Vincent Kesteloot and Ben Stassen and written by Lee Christopher, Domonic Paris and Graham Weldon. The film loosely is based on Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, but from the point of view of the island's animals.
It was released 30 March 2016 in Belgium, 20 April in France and 9 September in the United States.
Plot
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On a tiny isolated South Pacific Island, Mak, a parrot and his friends live the perfect life. Blue skies, beautiful turquoise water, and lots of delicious fruit and crunchy insects. But every day is the same and Mak is really bored. Convinced there is more than just water over the horizon, he dreams of leaving his little paradise and exploring the world.
Then one day, after a violent tropical storm, they wake up to find a huge ship broken up on the beach. Two strange creatures emerge from the bowels of the shipwreck: Robinson Crusoe and his dog Aynsley. Unbeknownst to everyone, two ferocious cats have also survived the storm. They are determined to take control of the island and make the human pay for the years of bad treatment they had to endure as ratters in the darkness of the ship’s hull.
Slowly but surely the islanders drop their guards and welcome the newcomers to their island. Until one day, the cats with multiple litters of youngsters decide to put an end to it all and wreak havoc on their little piece of Eden.
Voice cast
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| Character | German | English |
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| Robinson Crusoe | Matthias Schweighöfer | Yuri Lowenthal |
| Papagei Dienstag / Tuesday / Mak | Kaya Yanar | David Howard |
| Tapir Rosie | Cindy aus Marzahn | Laila Berzins |
| Ziegenbock Zottel / Scrubby | Dieter Hallervorden | Joey Camen |
| Stachelschwein Epi | Aylin Tezel | Sandy Fox |
| Carmello | Gerald Schaale | Colin Metzger |
| Kiki | Melanie Hinze | Marieve Herington |
| Pango | Tobias Lelle | Jeff Doucette |
Reception
Box office
In the United States, where the film is marketed as The Wild Life, it was released on 9 September 2016, alongside The Disappointments Room, Sully and When the Bough Breaks, and is projected to gross around $5 million from 2,493 theaters in its opening weekend.[3]
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 15%, based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 3.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Wild Life uses its classic source material as a half-hearted springboard into a colorfully animated but essentially empty experience that only the youngest of viewers will find at all entertaining."[4] On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average to reviews, the film has a score of 36 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[5]
References
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony. "Clint Eastwood's 'Sully' Launches Fall Awards Season, But Can 'Bough' Break At No. 1? – B.O. Preview". Deadline.com. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ^ "The Wild Life (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ^ "Clint Eastwood's 'Sully' Launches Fall Awards Season, But Can 'Bough' Break At No. 1? – B.O. Preview". Deadline.com.
- ^ "The Wild Life (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
- ^ "The Wild Life reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 8, 2016.