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With expressive animation, fun characters, and catchy songs, The Jungle Book endures as a crowd-pleasing Disney classic.
TIME Magazine The result is thoroughly delightful. The reasons for its success lie in Disney's own unfettered animal spirits, his ability to be childlike without being childish. Apr 15, 2016 Full Review Howard Thompson New York Times Smple, uncluttered, straight-forward fun. Apr 15, 2016 Full Review Keith Phipps The Dissolve Every one of the bunch is memorable, and each plays gracefully into the action of the film. Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 14, 2014 Full Review Carson Timar ButteredPopcorn While The Jungle Book might not be perfect, it is still a charming little Disney film that carries much of the same charm and talent as the very best the studio has presented. Jan 5, 2023 Full Review Mat Brunet AniMat's Review (YouTube) This may not be Kipling’s The Jungle Book, but Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book is still a classic in its own right. Rated: 8/10 Aug 19, 2022 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins The characters are effectively conceptualized and flawlessly realized. Rated: 7/10 Aug 24, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews
Jace E Great characters, great songs and a fairly straight-forward plot. It's probably the first Disney film to have a truly memorable hit song, in my mind, with The Bare Necessities. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/17/24 Full Review Faiz D A childhood favorite. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/29/24 Full Review Dale R The story of the Jungle Book is simple, a boy takes a walk in the jungle and happens upon different animals with differing opinions on his well being. However, what really pushes this movie above the rest is the music! Once again the Sherman Brothers knocked it out of the park with a little help from Terry Gilkyson who composed “The Bare Necessities”. All the songs in this film are favorites of mine! The cast hits it as well: Phil Harris is amazing as Baloo, Louis Prima was ingeniously cast as King Louis and George Sanders plays a menacing Shere Khan. I love the scene with Khan and Kaa having a conversation about Mowgli. Which leads me to why I can’t give this film five stars. Beside the simple plot, Bruce Reitherman, who plays Mowgli, can not sing to save his life. Again I think that “the kid has to be cute” won over “the kid should contribute to the music” idea. Since the music is really all this movie had going for it, the fact the lead isn’t musical is a big issue for me. Still highly recommended though! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review Rami A Not great, but very good and fun. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/12/24 Full Review Matthew C One of my fave films. Now enjoying it with my children. Great music. Humour. Action. Just love it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/29/23 Full Review The H nice going, doesn't bore Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this classic Walt Disney animation based on Rudyard Kipling's book, Mowgli, an abandoned child raised by wolves, has his peaceful existence threatened by the return of the man-eating tiger Shere Khan (George Sanders). Facing certain death, Mowgli must overcome his reluctance to leave his wolf family and return to the "man village." But he is not alone on his quest: Aided by Bagheera the panther, and later by the carefree bear Balloo (Phil Harris), he braves the jungle's many perils.
Director
Wolfgang Reitherman
Producer
Walt Disney
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co
Walt Disney Productions
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 18, 1967, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 18m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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