Wednesday, May 11, 2016

The Jungle Book (2016)



Raised by a family of wolves since birth, Mowgli (Neel Sethi) must leave the only home he's ever known when the fearsome tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) unleashes his mighty roar. Guided by a no-nonsense panther (Ben Kingsley) and a free-spirited bear (Bill Murray), the young boy meets an array of jungle animals, including a slithery python and a smooth-talking ape. Along the way, Mowgli learns valuable life lessons as his epic journey of self-discovery leads to fun and adventure.

Director: Jon Favreau
Writer: Justin Marks (screenplay), Rudyard Kipling (book)
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba, Bill Murray, Lupita Nyong'o
Runtime: 105 min
Rated: PG
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Released: 15 Apr 2016
Country: USA
Language: English

Critic reviews

Hyperreal digital animation meets old-fashioned storytelling in this faithful remake, which loses the songs but brings new, ingenious twists on the original. Full review
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
The Jungle Book is proof that even the crassest commercial imperatives can be transcended when imbued with love and creativity. Full review
Christopher Orr·The Atlantic
Disney’s new take on The Jungle Book is being touted as a live-action movie though there’s scarcely anything alive in it. Full review
Manohla Dargis·New York Times
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. Full review
Andrew Barker·Variety
See it in reach-out-and-touch 3D if you can, and prepare to be wowed. Full review
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
The Jungle Book is shot beautifully, and has a fantastic sense of wonder within the world being created. That translates into big-screen magic. Full review
Eric Eisenberg·Cinemablend
Produced as a remake of Disney’s popular animated musical, it often struggles to make a place of its own amidst the callbacks. Full review
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky·A.V. Club
Wonderful to look at, this is a more adult, more complex affair than its animated, and more entertaining, forebear. Still, it’s Disney’s best live-action adaptation yet. Full review
Chris Hewitt·Empire
An audacious—and kind of awesome at times—update of the Rudyard Kipling-written, Disney-appropriated classic tale. Full review
Adam R. Holz·Plugged In
Somehow this Jungle Book works, because Favreau has both a sense of humor and a sense of spectacle. Even in 3-D, the colors—a riot of jades, cobalts and singing-canary yellows—are vibrant.Full review
Stephanie Zacharek·Time



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