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Jon Favreau's beautiful CGI update of Disney's animated classic keeps the songs and the fun, and adds real emotional weight

- Robbie Collin, The Telegraph

Exceptionally beautiful to behold and bolstered by a stellar vocal cast, this umpteenth film rendition of Rudyard Kipling's tales of young Mowgli's adventures amongst the creatures of the Indian jungle proves entirely engaging, even if it's ultimately lacking in subtext and thematic heft.

- Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

The Jungle Book” delivers a coming-of-age tale that never gets lost in the thickets of the technology that made it possible.

- Alonso Duralde, The Wrap

Favreau took something that would probably suffer in the hands of a lot of directors that didn’t just come off of a “bare bones” project. He kept it lean. He keeps it on point and in focus. He made it great.

- Mike Ryan, Uproxx

Maintaining the buoyant heartbeat beneath all the digital flash, Favreau never loses sight of the fact that he’s making an adventure story for children — no small matter in a kid-pic landscape flooded with inappropriately gritty reboots and frenetic distraction device.

- Andrew Barker, Variety

Raves across the board. Been looking forward to this one for a while; glad to see it delivers.

 

[Wag]

Interesting. I thought it was going to be complete shit. Still love the 1942 version.

 

[Discotheque]

I don't believe it. Film looked so bad. Gonna have to read review from mzs or that chaw guy.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Isn't Bill Murray in it? How could it be bad?

 

[mcfrank]

Friend saw it last night. He said it was great.

 

[Sanjuro]

Isn't Bill Murray in it? How could it be bad?

Lasagna Cat.

 

[MMarston]

Lasagna Cat.

TRIGGERED

 

[-griffy-]

The latest IMAX featurette/trailer makes the film look pretty damn powerful.

 

[kurahador]

Nah...after Cinderella last year, not trusting reviews for Disney's live action fairy tale anymore.

 

[Henkka]

Huh. I was pretty convinced it wouldn't be more than average.

 

[Makai]

Interesting. I thought it was going to be complete shit. Still love the 1942 version.

which one is this

 

[T'Zariah]

Gonna be fucking amazing.

 

[Lashley]

It won't beat the animation which is one of my favorite movies, but I'm pleased it's seemingly good. Been excited for it. Will treat my mum & my sister to a day out to the cinemas when it releases in the UK.

 

[Neoxon]

I may actually check this out.

 

[Discotheque]

Nah...after Cinderella last year, not trusting reviews for Disney's live action fairy tale anymore.

Yeah that was as bland as ever. But to be fair it had Blanchett having a lot of fun playing an asshole

Hard to gauge reviews on these Disney live action movies. If its inoffensive it will get praise.

But then Favreau has made a good family movie before in Elf.

 

[entremet]

Huh. I was pretty convinced it wouldn't be more than average.

Favreau is legit.

I'm not surprised. Very underrated filmmaker.

 

[Sanjuro]

TRIGGERED

Still the best live action version of the character.

 

[Christopher]

The Cinderella movie was so good and faithful...man the Internet Hates everything

 

[bigbaldwolf86]

Happy to see such good reviews. The trailer looked fantastic so I'm looking forward to seeing this

 

[TheGoddamn]

Love Favreau. Glad it went above and beyond the bear necessities.

 

[Bearthgar]

The Cinderella movie was so good and faithful...man the Internet Hates everything

She didn't have a drug problem so it didn't take enough risks

 

[Mushroom021]

Favreau is legit.

I'm not surprised. Very underrated filmmaker.

He's so money.

 

[Wag]

which one is this

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034928/

The one starring Sabu. Yes, I know they probably mistreated the animals, but I don't care, it's still a great movie.

 

[Magwik]

Love Favreau. Glad it went above and beyond the bear necessities.

Trying too hard with them puns bruh

 

[Chezzymann]

Love Favreau. Glad it went above and beyond the bear necessities.

I'm stealing this

 

[Shaanyboi]

Jon Favreau is a solid director. It's crazy the visual language that has been defined by his work on Iron Man.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

Nah...after Cinderella last year, not trusting reviews for Disney's live action fairy tale anymore.

Cinderella was great though.

 

[Miggytronz]

Sweet!

 

[-griffy-]

This bit from that Telegraph review:

Instead, what you get feels more like a family-friendly version of The Revenant

 

[Pachimari]

I always thought this was gonna be utter amazing, and I still hope it'll be!

 

[inky]

Looks fantastic but the voice acting isn't doing it for me. It feels uneven.

 

[WrenchNinja]

I'm so happy it's getting a good reception. Having a brown kid lead in a major blockbuster is a big deal

 

[Wag]

This bit from that Telegraph review:

The bear gums you to death.

 

[The Technomancer]

Lasagna Cat.

The first Garfield movie is okay

I mean, its not a classic and I don't think anyone should go seek it out now

But as a movie of its time its...fine

 

[jmood88]

Jon Favreau is a solid director. It's crazy the visual language that has been defined by his work on Iron Man.

I don't think I've disliked anything he has put out and I was really surprised at how much I loved Chef.

 

[Lucreto]

Cinderella was a little too wholesome for me but it wasn't a bad movie. It will be a good movie to get over Christmas.

 

[number11]

The Cinderella movie was so good and faithful...man the Internet Hates everything

It's not saying much, but Cinderella so far is easily the best out of the Disney live action remakes. Yea it took no risks, but I loved how it was just a straightforward version of the fairytale.

 

[BlueTsunami]

The latest IMAX featurette/trailer makes the film look pretty damn powerful.

Wow. Definitely catching this now. Feels like its going a fair shake to some heavier subjects.

 

[Meowster]

I've been really excited for this movie so I am happy that the reviews are glowing!

 

[Depths of Orion]

I really like Jon Favreau so I'm glad this one turned out well. Can't wait to see it in the theatres

 

[Wag]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQS8ihf2rds

FYI: The full 1942 version of Jungle Book is available on YouTube. Worth watching.

 

[RangerX]

I thought this looked great and Favreau is a director I like so I'll probably pop along to see this.

 

[Sean C]

For whatever reason, the talking animals in the trailers have seemed very Uncanny Valley to me, but I guess we'll see. Unlike many people, the 1967 animated version has minimal nostalgic value for me.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Ryan liking it is pretty heartening.

 

[Smellycat]

To be honest, I am surprised. The clips didn't really impress me

 

[Lamel]

I'm actually really glad, I wasn't too hopeful at first and it would have been a shame to ruin The Jungle Book. Looking forward to it.

 

[Scorpion Soldier]

Glad to hear Favreau did well. The second trailer especially made me very excited to see this, so I'll definitely be catching this in IMAX!

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

The bear gums you to death.

My first thought.

 

[Toa TAK]

Glad it's getting good reviews; been looking forward to it since the first trailer. Only saw the '94 version though.

 

[electristan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQS8ihf2rds

FYI: The full 1942 version of Jungle Book is available on YouTube. Worth watching.

Indeed, here is another that is of higher quality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxBdvUlZ_5M