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12/30/06
Jungle Book 2 (2003)
19 %
Reviews Counted: 85 Fresh: 16 Rotten:69 Average Rating: 4.4/10
Consensus:
This inferior rehash of The Jungle Book should have gone straight to video.
Runtime: 72 mins
Synopsis: Disney's "Man Cub" Mowgli (voice of Haley Joel Osment) is back in this animated sequel to the 1967 classic. Mowgli, now living with an adopted family in a nearby jungle village, is homesick for his jungle adventures and his good friends, like Baloo the Bear (voice of John Goodman) and Bagheera... [More]
Genre: Childrens
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, John Goodman, Phil Collins, Tony Jay, Jim Cummings
Director: Steve Trenbirth
Screenwriter: Carter Crocker, Karl Guers, David Reynolds, Tom Rogers, Roger Schulman, Evan Spiliotopoulos, Rudyard Kipling
Producer: Mary Thorne
Composer: Paul Grabowsky, Joel McNeely
Screenwriter: Carter Crocker, Karl Guers, David Reynolds, Tom Rogers, Roger Schulman, Evan Spiliotopoulos, Rudyard Kipling
Producer: Mary Thorne
Composer: Paul Grabowsky, Joel McNeely
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06/24/06
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11/02/04
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12/15/03
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04/20/03
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04/12/03
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There's no reason for this story to be told -- besides, of course, parting gullible punters from a few quid.
04/07/03
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05/19/04
...nobody thought to provide the new movie with anything fresh in the way of a plot or music.
06/20/03
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'?
03/10/03
The Jungle Book 2 will definitely keep young audience members entertained for more than an hour, and parents will get a nice break, too.
03/04/03
Disney's The Jungle Book 2 is a flea market of cheap ploys and meaningless ideas designed to rob parents of hard-earned money...
02/28/03
The raw power and anything-can-happen style of the first "Jungle Book" is lost in this sequel, and those bare necessities are lacking.
02/21/03
The raw power and anything-can-happen style of the first "Jungle Book" is lost in this sequel, and those bare necessities are lacking.
02/21/03
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02/20/03
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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.
02/19/03
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