Rotten
Clean, cleverly judged, and hypercontrolled. It represents, in short, the state of the art. Without disputing that, I would simply ask, What art?
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
The Jungle Book
The legend will never be the same.
2016 · 1h 46m · PG
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
Jon Favreau
Overview
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
Director and cast
- Jon Favreau Director
- Neel Sethi as Mowgli
- Bill Murray as Baloo (voice)
- Ben Kingsley as Bagheera (voice)
- Idris Elba as Shere Khan (voice)
- Lupita Nyong'o as Rakcha (voice)
- Scarlett Johansson as Kaa (voice)
- Christopher Walken as King Louie (voice)
- Giancarlo Esposito as Akela (voice)
- Garry Shandling as Ikki (voice)
- Emjay Anthony Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The Jungle Book is well-made and deserves recognition as one of the year's best family offerings (thus far).
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
By the time its evolution is complete, The Jungle Book has proven itself a minor Darwinian miracle, perhaps the oddest of all species: a movie nearly devoid of human beings, yet one bursting with humanity.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Fresh
Most of the real world challenges that Leo DiCaprio faced in The Revenant, 10-year-old Neel Sethi faces plenty persuasively in The Jungle Book's digitized world.
Bob Mondello, NPR
Fresh
The computer-generated effects are extraordinary; the jungle and its menagerie of beasts and critters looks positively lifelike.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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