Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book

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Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book

PG,

1994,

1h 50m,

Kids & Family/

Adventure/

Romance

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80%

45 Reviews

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56%

25,000+ Ratings

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45 Reviews

56%

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25,000+ Ratings

When his father is killed by a jungle tiger, Mowgli (Jason Scott Lee) is orphaned and grows up in the wild, raised by animals. Years later, the bracelet given to him by his childhood friend, Kitty (Lena Headey), is stolen. In pursuing it, he discovers Monkey City with all its treasures. He is reunited with Kitty, but struggles to adapt to civilization. When Kitty's unscrupulous suitor, Capt. Boone (Cary Elwes), attempts to raid the jungle of its treasures, Mowgli's life is imperiled.

Critics Consensus

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book may not hew as closely to the book as its title suggests, but it still offers an entertaining live-action take on a story best known in animated form.

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Jonathan Romney

Guardian

Mar 2, 2024

It's less a return to Kipling than to the 1942 Alexander Korda epic, and some of the lush matte shots will touch a chord with Technicolor nostalgists.

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Stephen Amidon

Financial Times

Mar 1, 2024

There is not a cartoon or song around. Rather, such fine actors as Sam Neill, John Cleese and Cary Elwes ham it up with great energy and wit on sumptuous locations.

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Geoff Brown

The Times (UK)

Mar 1, 2024

A wearisome, if well-polished, film, desperately uncertain how best to please its audience.

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

Mar 1, 2024

It is crude, old-fashioned stuff but the Indian settings are spectacular.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Sep 14, 2020

8/10

Despite all the obvious derivations from other productions, the harder edge and the continual excitement contribute to a consistently high entertainment value.

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Malcolm L. Johnson

Hartford Courant

Jun 17, 2020

It isn't Kipling, but it is good old-fashioned Saturday-matinee fun.

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Jul 17, 2018

Ever since I saw this movie as a child, it has been one of my favorites. I feel like this a very underrated and relatively unknown film. While the plot has the basic premise of the boy-raised-by-animals story, it is unique enough to keep the viewers interested and guessing. It is a lovable children's movie with lots of live animals and plenty of age appropriate action, while still being able to offer adults a good time as well. The scenery is absolutely gorgeous, the costumes are gorgeous, the actors are well casted. I love the subtle use of Hindi in the script to add to the authenticity of the setting. For me, this will always be one of my favorite movies.

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Leia S

Mar 20, 2018

No. Just no. I guess if the book didn't exist this wouldn't be too bad as a film but since the book exists and it is a classic piece of literature, this film is not worth seeing for those who enjoy the book.

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Ron W

Oct 13, 2017

So they did a remake on the jungle book I remember watching this all the time and the way I would describe this movie there was a lot of violence fights it was all so what some scary but good action and the graphics were good to this movie

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Poe G

Sep 18, 2017

Underrated. Sadly this one seems almost forgotten. Fun performances particularly from Elwes. Very entertaining

Harry R

Aug 8, 2017

While this film may not be so faithful to the original novel, it overall makes up for a clever Tarzan like story. I guess you could argue that I grew up with this movie before getting to know the animated classic, but the reason I kinda prefer this over the new overrated 2016 film is because they at least used actual animals and they were well acted in the movie by their emotions and body languages, and even the human actors do a pretty good job with roles especially for Jason Scott Lee who was quite popular at the time alongside Sam Neil. The action scenes are good, and the settings are fantastic, I'd personally say Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is worth a watch.

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Han M

May 2, 2017

When I was younger I saw this movie and I liked it a lot but I will say this one is more creepy and violence was in this movie so I don't think kids should see this.

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Stephen Sommers

Director

Jason Scott Lee

Mowgli

Cary Elwes

Captain William Boone

Lena Headey

Katherine "Kitty" Brydon

Sam Neill

Colonel Geofferey Brydon

John Cleese

Dr. Julien Plumford

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Synopsis

When his father is killed by a jungle tiger, Mowgli (Jason Scott Lee) is orphaned and grows up in the wild, raised by animals. Years later, the bracelet given to him by his childhood friend, Kitty (Lena Headey), is stolen. In pursuing it, he discovers Monkey City with all its treasures. He is reunited with Kitty, but struggles to adapt to civilization. When Kitty's unscrupulous suitor, Capt. Boone (Cary Elwes), attempts to raid the jungle of its treasures, Mowgli's life is imperiled.

Director: Stephen Sommers
Producer: Edward S. Feldman, Raju Patel
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures, Vegahom Europe
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $43.2M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Surround

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