The Jungle Book | | Cast : | Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes | | Director : | Stephen Sommers | | Studio : | Disney Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | December 25, 1994 | | DVD Released Date : | November 11, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | December 22, 2004 | | Summary | Good Adventure For The Family | Content
 | Although "Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book" reminded me more of Tarzan than Mowgli, it is still a good film to watch with the family. Jason Scott Lee does a good job as Mowgli all grown up. Cary Elwes is the perfect British jerk and Sam Neill has a decent supporting role. Lena Heady and John Cleese have the most interaction with Mowgli, and they give the best performances out of the bunch.
The animal cast does a pretty good job as well. Some of the human/animal interaction can be written off as fake-looking, but the majority of the scenes using animatronic creatures look reasonably good.
Young children may be turned off by the deaths in this film, and of Kaa the python, who makes a couple of brief, but scary to a five year-old, appearances. Language, as well as dialogue as a whole, is kept relatively tame. Neill and Elwes let off a few slurs, but nothing worse than the "D" word.
Overall, a decent adventure flick for kids too young for Indiana Jones movies, but who love adventure tales. Another decent suggestion is "The Phantom," starring Billy Zane. |
| Rating | | | Date | November 30, 2003 | | Summary | Good old-fashioned Saturday matinee adventure film | Content
| Oh, this film could have been made for those Saturdays at the movies (25 cents to get in, popcorn with real butter, etc.) Jason Scott Lee is Tarzanly-gorgeous as the grown-up Mowgli, complete with animal sidekicks. The scene where he finds the monkey-king's treasure city is just wonderful. This is not exactly kiddy-fare (little kiddy) for the opening scene where the tiger trashes the shikari camp are pretty scary--a flaming wagon-ride, and the tiger is pretty nasty. No gore, but still a bit much in my opinion for the early grade-schooler. Older kids and adults, however, will enjoy this worthy adventure film, with not only Jason Scott Lee, but Cary Elwes. Dramatic scenery, humor, adventure, what's not to like here? |
| Rating | | | Date | September 29, 2003 | | Summary | Sam Neill was great in this picture and so was Lee! | Content
| I loved the lush scenery and Cary Elwes getting his snooty buttt kicked by Jason Scott Lee. The clothes were great too. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 30, 2003 | | Summary | Well.... | Content
| Jason Scott Lee is gorgeous. All the rest is commentary. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 28, 2003 | | Summary | The Awesome Jungle Book Read-Along DVD | Content
| This is a wonderful DVD. My children enjoy the games and songs
so much. Their favorite portion is the "Video's." They so enjoy
seeing other children, and other families at play. The music and
dancing is wonderful! |
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