response 307 of 327:

Mar 12 06:29 UTC 2003

JUNGLE BOOK 2 C+

Kids under 10 will like it well enough.  It has songs and characters from the
first movie and has similar story line.  This resemblance to the previous
Jungle Book is the selling point.

However, the ordinary evaluation comes from an adult perspective.  In the past
I have been amazed that Disney could retell an old story and make it great.
Such is not the case here, where the plot is as thin as one peril after
another in the jungle.

The animation is uninspired: coloration was just plain clumsy with the shadow
areas of head shots looking as though faces were blemished by a creeping,
irregular bruise.


The direction managed to get the story told, but there were few instances of
extra effort.  In lparticular, the musical number W-I-I-ILD is the only part
with novel POV.

I paid matineee prices and did not get my money's worth.  This movie is good
enough to rent though.