It's not merely disappointing but frankly soul-wracking that The Jungle Book isn't any better than it is.
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11/16/09
The Jungle Book (1967)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:24
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: With expressive animation, fun characters, and catchy songs, The Jungle Book endures as a crowd-pleasing Disney classic.
Synopsis: The 19th animated feature produced by Disney studios and the last film supervised by Walt Disney himself. The Jungle Book is based on Rudyard Kipling's children's story about a boy named Mowgli... [More]
Starring: Sebastian Cabot, Phil Harris, Louis Prima, George Sanders
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Reviews for The Jungle Book
The standout song goes to Harris, a rhythmic 'Bare Necessities' extolling the value of a simple life and credited to Terry Gilkyson.
11/03/09
Top CriticA witty animated feature from Disney based on the famous Rudyard Kipling stories.
03/10/08
It's a slight tale, of course, and incredibly short, but the characters and songs are pretty much perfect viewing time and again.
03/10/08
Top CriticRidiculously entertaining.
03/10/08
A serious disappointment, recommended only for inveterate Disney fans and very young people.
03/10/08
With an ensemble cast of memorable characters, catchy tunes and lots of zaniness, it's hard not to love the Kipling adaptation.
10/08/07
The literally last-minute stab at domestic foreplay is simply unbelievable, but Baloo's lip-licking post-mortem ("I still think he'd a made one swell bear") is what sticks.
10/03/07
Reflects a conservative, imperialist, 'don't mix the races/species' worldview. Yet it's also about friendship and truthfulness, and it's just plain fun.
10/03/07
The roughness around the edges of The Jungle Book are part of what makes it such a classic.
10/02/07
...the characters, music, and animation more than make up for any shortcomings, and the result is pleasant entertainment for everyone.
09/27/07
Whatever it lacks in heroic reach it more than makes up for in sociable personality and devastatingly expressive animation from the Disney masters, making it an underground classic that's impressively stood the test of time.
09/18/07
It's also got great knockabout visual gags, mercifully little cutey-poo sentiment, and reasonable songs.
09/30/06
Fun characters, irresistible songs -- a Disney classic.
07/14/05
No review available.
06/23/05
No review available.
03/24/05
Pretty good, but not great later Disney effort.
07/19/04
The Jungle Book isn't without its rough spots, but on the whole it's fully deserving of its place in the Disney canon.
01/27/04
No review available.
01/02/04
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