The Call of the Wild vs The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

The Call of the Wild has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.8/10 for The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet). The Call of the Wild is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 45m. The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is the older of the two (2013 against 2020). Both are adventure, drama, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Call of the Wild posterThe Call of the Wild2020 VS The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet posterThe Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet2013
The Call of the WildThe Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 6.8/10
Year20202013
Length1h 40m1h 45m
GenresAdventure, Drama, FamilyAdventure, Drama, Family
Country–Canada
DirectorChris SandersJean-Pierre Jeunet
Main castDan Stevens, Omar Sy, Colin Woodell, Harrison Ford, Cara GeeCallum Keith Rennie, Judy Davis, Julian Richings, Michel Perron, Richard Jutras

Synopsis

The Call of the Wild

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

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