After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther, Bagheera, and free spirited bear, Baloo.
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Directors:
Alessandro Carloni,
Jennifer Yuh Nelson
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The man-cub Mowgli flees the jungle after a threat from the tiger Shere Khan. Guided by Bagheera the panther and the bear Baloo, Mowgli embarks on a journey of self-discovery, though he also meets creatures who don't have his best interests at heart. Written by
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While the film is a live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book (1967), the filmmakers decided to include elements from the Rudyard Kipling novel to make the film more adventurous and dangerous. The story of the film is not independently taken from Kipling's works but also borrows cinematic inspirations from other films, including the child-mentor relationship in Shane (1953), the establishment of rules in a dangerous world from Goodfellas (1990) and the use of a shadowy jungle figure in Apocalypse Now (1979). See more »
Goofs
Though Baloo is referred to as a sloth bear, he much more closely resembles a Himalayan bear (a subspecies of brown bear) and as the name suggests Himalayan bears live exclusively in the Himalayas. See more »
Quotes
Baloo:
Uh.
Bagheera:
I'll take it from here.
Baloo:
No no. I'm coming. It's doable if i don't have to go to high.
Bagheera:
Good. Let's get going.
Baloo:
All right.
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Crazy Credits
The Jungle Book (2016) is the very first Walt Disney Pictures release since Treasure Planet (2002) to feature the original 1990s cel-animated Walt Disney Pictures logo in its true fashion. The 1990s Walt Disney Pictures logo is the most well-known carnation of the studio logo. The Disney "castle logo" opens up in a cel-animated style reminiscent of the Disney films from 1985-2006. The word "presents", then, pops up right as the logo ends. Afterwards, the camera pulls back into the jungle as the castle shrinks into the distance. The movie continues without cutting away from the castle. See more »
It is mediocre attempt to try to fit the fictional anachronistic original "jungle book" to a more realistic context. The visual effects in the movie are very nice, but that's it because the story lacks substance. There is a sense of emptiness in the movie that makes you wish for more without getting it. The story is not good for children 5
10, given the violence, nor for adults given the lack of
plausibility. Something that bothered me was that the in the movie, producers made a lot of effort in presenting the animals realistically but their roughness and strong presence contrasted so much with the very delicate and unrealistic nature of the boy actor. That didn't add up.
I was sorry to rent this movie.
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It is mediocre attempt to try to fit the fictional anachronistic original "jungle book" to a more realistic context. The visual effects in the movie are very nice, but that's it because the story lacks substance. There is a sense of emptiness in the movie that makes you wish for more without getting it. The story is not good for children 5
- 10, given the violence, nor for adults given the lack of
plausibility. Something that bothered me was that the in the movie, producers made a lot of effort in presenting the animals realistically but their roughness and strong presence contrasted so much with the very delicate and unrealistic nature of the boy actor. That didn't add up.I was sorry to rent this movie.