The CALL of the WILD - Save Your Bucks Don't Go

Jack London's classic "The Call of the Wild" captures the majestic exploration of the Alaskan Yukon in the 1890s through the eyes & mindset of a 4 year old Saint Bernard/Scottish Shepard dog named Buck.  Buck is the alpha dog who can do & will do everything for his beloved male companion John Thornton (Harrison Ford) & fellow sleigh dogs.  London's literary marvel of the beauty and harshness of Alaskan wilderness & the struggles of the sleigh harness is morphed into a marvel cartoon steered towards 8-12 year olds.  Ford comes off as a buffoon and Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) is a dastardly villain straight out of a cartoon.  Poor, unflappable Buck, his admirable & empathetic leanings are blanketed in mush.  Don't waste your bucks to see this mawkish mess.  London would lash against this travesty to his literary novel.  I call this mild adaptation not worthwhile. Read the book.