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March 6, 2020
At the Movies: Computerized canine yearns to be free in ‘Call of the Wild'
By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
AP Film Writer
Does the dog movie have any new tricks? Do we want it to?
For the most part, we want our dog movies like our pooches: comforting, obedient and slightly slobbery. “The Call of the Wild,” the latest adaptation of Jack London's 1903 novel, is all those things but adds a new twist. Its canine is computer generated.
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