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The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

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18

Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 87
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 71

This inferior rehash of The Jungle Book should have gone straight to video.

19

Average Rating: 4.3/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 21

This inferior rehash of The Jungle Book should have gone straight to video.

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Average Rating: 2.9/5
User Ratings: 21,209

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Movie Info

Mowgli the "man-cub" returns to the wilderness in this sequel to the Walt Disney Pictures animated favorite The Jungle Book. After leaving life in the jungle behind, Mowgli (voice of Haley Joel Osment) has been adopted, and now lives in the nearby village with his new parents and his younger brother, while becoming close friends with Shanti (voice of Mae Whitman), the girl who first lured him out of the wilds. However, adjusting to live among other humans hasn't been easy, and after Mowgli pays

Jun 10, 2003

$47.8M

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All Critics (100) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (71) | DVD (22)

John Goodman's Baloo admits, 'King Louie? He split!' Before the third defibrillation of 'Bare Necessities,' you and your kids might too.

February 19, 2003 Full Review Source: Village Voice
Village Voice
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More development and nuance in Karl Geurs' script would have made a big difference.

February 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Variety
Variety
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Wait for it to come out on video, it'll baby sit a four-year-old. Anybody else is gonna be bored by it.

February 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper
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That scratching sound you hear isn't Baloo the bear rubbing against a tree, it's Disney scraping the bottom of the sequel barrel with a follow-up that has none of the charm or creativity of the original.

February 15, 2003
Arizona Republic
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Relatively innocuous but utterly unnecessary -- except from the standpoint of unbridled capitalism.

February 14, 2003 Full Review Source: Washington Post
Washington Post
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Likely to provide 72 minutes of enjoyment and a few scary thrills to tykes, as well as a pleasant diversion for parents.

February 14, 2003
Washington Post
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...it is, in the final analysis, difficult to recall a more underwhelming series within the Mouse House's ongoing body of work.

July 13, 2011 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews

Ok for kids, but not the most inspired sequel.

December 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

it's hard to top the original

August 24, 2008 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures
7M Pictures

As charmless and ugly as last year's Return to Never Land.

June 30, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central
Film Freak Central

...nobody thought to provide the new movie with anything fresh in the way of a plot or music.

June 20, 2003 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

There's no reason for this story to be told -- besides, of course, parting gullible punters from a few quid.

April 7, 2003 Full Review Source: ViewLondon
ViewLondon

Consumer alert: The B-teamers have struck again.

March 25, 2003
San Francisco Examiner

Is there any other reason Disney would throw in three reprises here of the original's hit song, 'Bare Necessities' if it were not to disguise this film's 'Unnecessary Indulgence'?

March 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle

The Jungle Book 2 will definitely keep young audience members entertained for more than an hour, and parents will get a nice break, too.

March 4, 2003 Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine
Premiere Magazine

Disney's The Jungle Book 2 is a flea market of cheap ploys and meaningless ideas designed to rob parents of hard-earned money...

February 28, 2003 Full Review Source: Cinemaphile.org
Cinemaphile.org

The raw power and anything-can-happen style of the first "Jungle Book" is lost in this sequel, and those bare necessities are lacking.

February 21, 2003 Full Review Source: Zap2it.com
Zap2it.com

Rudyard Kipling, on whose book all this is based, managed to have his name taken off the credits from beyond the grave, proving that in death he has a savvier agent than those responsible for this script.

February 19, 2003 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Rent the 1967 original and leave this sequel to the wolves

February 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Movie Habit
Movie Habit

This jungle has no rhythm at all.

February 18, 2003 Full Review

Disney's The Jungle Book 2, contrary to belief, doesn't have all the "Bare Necessities" needed to elevate this simplistic family fare beyond its direct-to-video status...a recycled, third-rate kiddie diversion that Disney haphazardly conjured up

February 16, 2003 Full Review Source: Movie Eye
Movie Eye

If the only moments worth remembering are fleeting glimpses of 1967, why bother? Because Disney wants your dollars, that's why - and your only alternative at the multiplex this season is 'Kangaroo Jack.'

February 16, 2003
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Shows little weakness in its competent construction and animation. Rather, its major problem involves how generic the whole thing is.

February 16, 2003 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies
Window to the Movies

Audience Reviews for The Jungle Book 2

it totally not like the first film.
August 27, 2010
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Perhaps I'm in the minority in thinking/saying this, but I think Disney rocks at making sequels to their all-time classics, and this is definitely one of the better ones! Familiar tunes abound, and it's a lot of fun to watch Mowgli being torn on whether he wants to go back to the jungle full time or stay with his fellow humans, and the ending couldn't have been better - nice solution to indecisiveness! A lot of reviewers said the voices are a lot different....if they hadn't said so, I wouldn't have known...sure can't tell!
August 18, 2009
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