This adaptation of The Call of the Wild doesn’t quite have the same impact as Jack London’s bold portrayal of nature versus man. But it’s hard to decry it all the same.
John Mulaney and crew have deftly crafted a funny look at being a kid, silly enough to be likable while endearing itself to our nostalgia for childish things.
Released in 1944, Vincente Minnelli’s charming, evergreen musical Meet Me In St. Louis once accompanied the country’s drudging attachment to World War II.