The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

★ 5.9 1h 12m 1,190 votes IMDb
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The Jungle Book 2

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Cast

Haley Joel Osment
Haley Joel Osment as Mowgli (voice) Age 38 · Los Angeles, California, USA Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s, including a small part in Forrest Gump playing the title character’s son,...
John Goodman
John Goodman as Baloo (voice) Age 73 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He rose to prominence in television before becoming an acclaimed and popular film actor. Goodman has received numerous accolades, includ...
Mae Whitman
Mae Whitman as Shanti (voice) Age 37 · Los Angeles, California, USA Mae Margaret Whitman (born June 9, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She began acting in commercials as a child, making her film debut at the age of six in the romantic drama When a Man Loves a...
Bob Joles
Bob Joles as Bagheera (voice) Age 66 · Glendora, California, USA Robert Joles (born July 16, 1959, in Glendora, California) is an American voice actor and musician. He is known for voicing many characters in many TV shows, most notably the voice of Man Ray in Spong...
Tony Jay
Tony Jay as Shere Khan (voice) Died 2006 · London, England, UK ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tony Jay  (February 2, 1933 – August 13, 2006) was an English actor, voice actor and singer. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was known for...
John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies as Ranjan's Father (voice) Age 81 · Ammanford, Wales, UK John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor and vocal artist. He is perhaps best known for playing the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf Gimli in The L...

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Kamurai 4/10 Jul 16, 2020
Decent watch at best, won't watch again, and can't recommend.

Immediately, you can tell there is a dip in the quality of animation. To be fair, no only is this in that string of unnecessary sequels that Disney did, it is right after they switched from classic cell animation to digital cell animation, but it was 2 years after "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" and that looks amazing.

The other immediate problem (even on the cover) is that Mowgli is still wearing his mystery diaper (never established where it came from) instead of actual clothes.

As Mowgli struggles with being of two worlds (an arguably great point from the original movie), he extends his entitled behavior to returning to the Jungle, aggravating the village, as Sher Khan returns to hunting Mowgli, extending his obsession / pride (sort of a Moby Dick thing).

Lacking some creativity, they return to some of the old songs (3 that I can think of, "Bear Necessities" and "Jungle Rhythm" being over used, and "I Wanna Be Like You" at the credits of all places) instead of using original material.

As the adventures continue it's reveal that Mowgli had no natural connection to the animals, it's just that EVERYTHING speaks English, the other human characters don't bat an eye or lose a beat. It completely ruins the movie. At least in Tarzan it was clear he would "ooh ooh" to the Guerillas. What little charm they were able to drag from the previous movie to this one is just destroyed by that.

The dramatization of Mowgli's endangerment also has a lesser impact this time, as he's survived before, and this time around we also have 2 other hapless children running about the Jungle who must have been blessed with invincibility to survive all that they do.

I'm not saying there isn't something to enjoy here, but there is a lot more that I didn't, and there are far too many other movies to see.

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