The Jungle Book 2: Critic Reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 98 reviews

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Scott Brown Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

42

The whole enterprise starts to feel like a sheer con.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Dave Kehr New York Times (Top Critic)

20

Does little but recycle the memorable moments of the first ... while rendering them in a cheap, thin style of animation far closer to Saturday morning television than to the classic Disney features.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Guardian [UK] (Top Critic)

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Claudia Puig USA Today (Top Critic)

50

The animation is lovely, but the simplistic story feels as if it were arrived at by committee after an hour-long meeting.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post (Top Critic)

Relatively innocuous but utterly unnecessary -- except from the standpoint of unbridled capitalism.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Jane Horwitz Washington Post (Top Critic)

Likely to provide 72 minutes of enjoyment and a few scary thrills to tykes, as well as a pleasant diversion for parents.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Ty Burr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

50

As someone who enjoys an above-average cartoon ... I'm a little cheesed by the pro forma story line and ruthlessly brief running time of Book.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Laura Sinagra Village Voice (Top Critic)

John Goodman's Baloo admits, 'King Louie? He split!' Before the third defibrillation of 'Bare Necessities,' you and your kids might too.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

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Nancy Churnin Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

59

While nothing here matches the original, it's a gentle, affirming destination for those in search of a pleasant, G-rated outing.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

38

It's a throwback in which cute animals of no depth or nuance play with the hero or threaten him in not very scary ways.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Allison Benedikt Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

50

The music here, though at times toe-tapping, is uninspired.
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Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

Full Review » 8 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

50

The characters are sweet -- OK, the new baby character's a bit of a nuisance -- the music is fun and, yes, that bear can indeed dance.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Scott Craven Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

40

That scratching sound you hear isn't Baloo the bear rubbing against a tree, it's Disney scraping the bottom of the sequel barrel with a follow-up that has none of the charm or creativity of the original.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

More development and nuance in Karl Geurs' script would have made a big difference.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

50

This is a by-the-numbers rehash that will leave anyone much over 5 enormously grateful that, if you duck out before the lengthy end credits, it lasts just over an hour.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

40

Same characters, same heroes, same villain, many of the same songs and the same conclusion, just different voices joking and singing away.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Daphne Gordon Toronto Star (Top Critic)

20

A pathetic excuse for an animated feature, with only slightly more than an hour of action, a thin plot that returns to very familiar details and themes, and only two new songs.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

25

There's no escaping the feeling that Disney fielded its B-team for this movie.
Full Review » 9 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

50

An indicator of how far Disney has fallen, although I can't recall the Magic Kingdom ever releasing a worse animated feature into multiplexes.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Michael Rechtshaffen Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

There's an assembly-line, direct-to-video feel about the whole production.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

A work of such charm and imagination it should enchant, as the old circus phrase goes, 'children of all ages.'
Full Review » 9 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

40

Ok for kids, but not the most inspired sequel.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile

Full Review » 4 years ago