The Jungle Book 2

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The Jungle Book 2

G,

2003,

1h 12m,

Kids & Family/

Adventure/

Animation

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19%

89 Reviews

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30%

10,000+ Ratings

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30%

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10,000+ Ratings

Wild child Mowgli (Haley Joel Osment) has grown fidgety with his life in a rural village. So he sneaks back to the jungle to be with his animal friends, like lovable bear Baloo (John Goodman). Mowgli's disappearance worries his family, so his stepsister, Shanti (Mae Whitman), journeys into the jungle to find him. But all is not well there. Mowgli's old foe, the fierce tiger Shere Khan (Tony Jay), is out to get him, and he traps Mowgli, Shanti and Baloo in an ancient temple.

Critics Consensus

This inferior rehash of The Jungle Book should have gone straight to video.

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Alexander Walker

London Evening Standard

Jan 10, 2018

Disney's sequel to the story of Mowgli and his jungle companions leaves out the name of Rudyard Kipling on the credits. No loss. It could well have left out the name of Disney.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 28, 2010

2/5

Ok for kids, but not the most inspired sequel.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Mar 10, 2003

1/5

Is there any other reason Disney would throw in three reprises here of the original's hit song, 'Bare Necessities' if it were not to disguise this film's 'Unnecessary Indulgence'?

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Sep 30, 2020

5/10

The catchiness of the original songs can't be matched with the jazzier and updated soundtrack, even as this follow-up recycles melodies from 1967.

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

Feb 5, 2018

5/10

Not a good movie, and probably better left unwatched. Which, for a DisneyToon sequel, is actually a pretty good place to land.

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James Plath

Family Home Theater

Apr 3, 2016

C+

The characters giggle too much (as hyper-cute Saturday morning animated offerings will do), the music isn't as well integrated into the story, and the humans come across like an Indian version of The Cosby Show.

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Hermione M

Mar 16, 2018

A clichê. Good film for a Sunday afternoon

Han R

Oct 8, 2017

This sequel deserves nothing. It just milked-out out all of the positives of the original movie and instead left itself bland and unoriginal. The characters are less interesting, the story is thinner and predictable, the music is dreadful, and the enjoyment is not there. While the voice acting and animation was surprisingly decent, that won't save everything else that is terrible. I was glad that a third movie was never materialized after this sequel because most Disney sequels are terrible, including the Jungle Book 2. Please don't watch it.

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Kylo S

Sep 3, 2017

The jungle book is back oh ya!! I like this one more then the first one so we have some new characters now a girl leeward him in to the man Village, and that girl"s name is Shanti. Now Mowgli wants to go back to the jungle to see his friends such as Baloo and Baloo misses him as well but they meet back up! You know Bagheera is on the lookout asking Baloo where is the man cub he says I don't know but you know how Baloo does not wish to confess he is with me! Hay Bagheera is still on the lookout no matter what. Shere Chan is looking to get his revenge! Will that happen find out!!! I do find this to be a Comedy! Kids will like this with good songs and more!

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Hermione M

Aug 1, 2017

It has it's positive moments, but by the third time I heard "Bear Necessities" I was unengaged!

Draco L

Jun 11, 2017

Like Return To Neverland, this should have been a straight-to-DVD Disney sequel. I mean, it has the same effort and quality put into a direct-to-video Disney sequel, so you might as well release it as one. Seriously, bringing it into theaters was pointless, and a stupid decision at that.

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Harry S

Jun 1, 2017

Fairly unnecessary and not a lot of fun.

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Steve Trenbirth

Director

John Goodman

Baloo

Haley Joel Osment

Mowgli

Mae Whitman

Shanti

Connor Funk

Ranjan

Bob Joles

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Synopsis

Wild child Mowgli (Haley Joel Osment) has grown fidgety with his life in a rural village. So he sneaks back to the jungle to be with his animal friends, like lovable bear Baloo (John Goodman). Mowgli's disappearance worries his family, so his stepsister, Shanti (Mae Whitman), journeys into the jungle to find him. But all is not well there. Mowgli's old foe, the fierce tiger Shere Khan (Tony Jay), is out to get him, and he traps Mowgli, Shanti and Baloo in an ancient temple.

Director: Steve Trenbirth
Producer: Christopher Chase, Mary Thorne
Screenwriter: Karl Geurs
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Production Co: Buena Vista (Walt Disney)
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 14, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 21, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.9M
Runtime: 1h 12m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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