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The Jungle Book 2

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The Jungle Book 2

G

Released Feb 14, 2003

1h 12m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Animation

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Wild child Mowgli (Haley Joel Osment) has grown fidgety with his life in a rural village. So he sneaks back to the jungle to be with his animal friends, like lovable bear Baloo (John Goodman). Mowgli's disappearance worries his family, so his stepsister, Shanti (Mae Whitman), journeys into the jungle to find him. But all is not well there. Mowgli's old foe, the fierce tiger Shere Khan (Tony Jay), is out to get him, and he traps Mowgli, Shanti and Baloo in an ancient temple.

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Critics Consensus

This inferior rehash of The Jungle Book should have gone straight to video.

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Alexander Walker

London Evening Standard

Disney's sequel to the story of Mowgli and his jungle companions leaves out the name of Rudyard Kipling on the credits. No loss. It could well have left out the name of Disney.

Jan 10, 2018

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Ok for kids, but not the most inspired sequel.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 28, 2010

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 1/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The catchiness of the original songs can't be matched with the jazzier and updated soundtrack, even as this follow-up recycles melodies from 1967.

Rated: 5/10

Sep 30, 2020

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

Not a good movie, and probably better left unwatched. Which, for a DisneyToon sequel, is actually a pretty good place to land.

Rated: 5/10

Feb 5, 2018

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James Plath

Family Home Theater

The characters giggle too much (as hyper-cute Saturday morning animated offerings will do), the music isn't as well integrated into the story, and the humans come across like an Indian version of The Cosby Show.

Rated: C+

Apr 3, 2016

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Ash T

Hated it. As an enormous fan of the 1967 version, this one was just a disappointment. I had no idea it even existed for ages. The songs were bad and the voice acting was horrible. The story was just alright, but nothing impressive.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/28/25

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Kaiden S

This movie is so boring. The songs are semi decent for little children as my wee boy loves it. He can tell me every word in the jungle rhythm song. In the movie everyone forgives eachother too quickly. Like during that jungle rhythm song the girl and mowgli are best pals when a couplr seconds ago she said he was a bad influence. They seem to show old characters for the sake of look there they are Also it seems like mowgli and the girl have some romance but in the movie description shes his step sister. Its not even like its subtle. They litro refer to it in the first couple mins. The mum n dad play a tiny part in a movie about how mowgli misses the jungle and they are tryna convince him to stay

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/11/25

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Kaito K

Mediocre dire at to video Disney sepal Is a Middle seqal

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/24/24

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Ram Y

It's a very good movie but the live action of the movie and the first movie are best and the new characters are a very bad characters

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/08/25

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Raymond S

Jeg holdt ut i underkant av 10 minutter, allerede da var hjulene ramlet av og motoren kokte. Film for de aller minste barna.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Dale R

In this sequel to the 1967 film, Mowgli returns to the jungle but Shere Khan has also returned looking for revenge. The animation here is well done and really shows the improvement that DisneyToon Studios has done over the years. Good enough for this movie to get a theatrical release. The voice acting is also well done with the stand out being Tony Jay as Shere Khan (though he did voice the character in the television series Talespin) and Haley Joel Osment as Mowgli has a way better singing voice than Bruce Reitherman in the original film. John Goodman does well as Baloo, but he is no Phil Harris and Baloo feels like a different character, or someone trying to act like Baloo. The new music is forgettable and they rely way too much on rehashing “The Bare Necessities”. The plot is fairly simple and predictable, plus it really doesn’t go anywhere as the characters end up at the same point they started in. If you enjoyed the first movie you may also enjoy this sequel.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/07/24

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Synopsis

Wild child Mowgli (Haley Joel Osment) has grown fidgety with his life in a rural village. So he sneaks back to the jungle to be with his animal friends, like lovable bear Baloo (John Goodman). Mowgli's disappearance worries his family, so his stepsister, Shanti (Mae Whitman), journeys into the jungle to find him. But all is not well there. Mowgli's old foe, the fierce tiger Shere Khan (Tony Jay), is out to get him, and he traps Mowgli, Shanti and Baloo in an ancient temple.

Director: Steve Trenbirth
Producer: Christopher Chase, Mary Thorne
Screenwriter: Karl Geurs
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Production Co: Buena Vista (Walt Disney)
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 14, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 21, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.9M
Runtime: 1h 12m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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