63
Metascore
23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80NewsweekNewsweekAn action-packed love story with something for everyone.
- Jungle Book provides both rowdy thrills and old-fashioned family entertainment.
- 63Baltimore SunStephen HunterBaltimore SunStephen HunterBeautifully mounted and shot, Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book still feels somewhat callow. Its title aside, it never really deals with the issues that the great Kipling raised continually in his distinguished body of work.
- 63The Seattle TimesJohn HartlThe Seattle TimesJohn HartlSommers is so busy spinning his camera, crowding the soundtrack with animal noises and piling on the cheesy visual effects that he can't stop for a reflective moment or a character-revealing touch.
- 60EmpireIan NathanEmpireIan NathanSo so adaptation of the Kipling story. The human performances are riotous but their animal counterparts are blank canvases yet to be coloured.
- 60Time OutTime OutScott Lee is an unexpectedly appealing hero, partly because he's never indulged, and his dialogue is kept to a minimum.
- 60TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineStunning production design, smart pacing, and a well-handled romantic angle make for a seamless, if undemanding, entertainment.
- 60VarietyBrian LowryVarietyBrian LowryA full-throttled, technically superb adventure — with more bite than most Disney live-action fare — that offers some winning moments but, ultimately, isn’t as involving as it needs to be.
- 50Orlando SentinelJay BoyarOrlando SentinelJay BoyarA routine action drama, Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book contains qualities of both forgettability and painlessness.
- 25Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelThis is nothing more than a half-hour Ramar of the Jungle episode, blown up to motion-picture length.