Customer Ratings & Reviews

Pretty boring story, animation is impressive but it feels pretty cold and emotionless.

Not a bad movie. Some what boring but you can deal with it. Not all movies are great but you know how that goes .

Guess I'm just old and wanted this to be more like the one from my childhood. Wasn't at all like I expected

Doesn't even come close tot the original. Too much green screen. Don't bother

Is this a children's movie ? ? ? ? I would not even refer it to my worst enemy. Don't buy it, waste of money ! ! !

: / not good! disappointed with it and it was a birthday gift! too expensive nd a waste of money spent!!

should have rented instead of buying out right. wasn't impressed.

Great movie. DVD played smoothly. I'm watching it again next week with my kid

Not nearly as good as the original. Graphics were good but story way bad.

Did not work.Was very disappointed. Picked it up for my grandkids

This movie was terrible, my 2 year old son won't even watch this

Great!! Movie love what they done with the story and the special effects are Fantastic!

I enjoyed watching the Blu-ray/DVD combo of The Jungle Book about Mowgli (Neel Sethi) who is the only man cub in the jungle. He wants to be a wolf, but in reality he's not. He is raised by wolves and he feels he has a nice life. Then one day Shere Khan (Idris Elba) threatens Mowgli’s life. While the wolves argue about whether or not Mowgli should leave for the safety of the pack, Mowgli decides for them and leaves. He ventures out to find the man village. On his way to the man village, he meets many enemies and friends like King Louie (Christopher Walken), Kaa (Scarlett Johansson) and Baloo (Bill Murray). What will happen next? Will he make it to the man village? Does Shere Khan catch him? You just have to watch the movie to find out. What I liked about the bonus features on the Blu-ray disc is a feature called, The Jungle Book Reimagined which shows ideas for the remake of The Jungle Book and Neel Sethi’s experience while acting on the set. This shows the relationship between Neel and the director. There is also a bonus audio commentary feature from the director, Jon Favreau, which is great because you get to hear what he was thinking when making the movie. Another added bonus allows you to go to the scene selection and select the scene you want, plus there is a setup feature so you can insert your own settings. There is also a DVD version included and a download code to download a digital copy if you would prefer to use that versus the discs. What I like about this movie are the CGIs which are so realistic that you think the sets are real because they are so incredibly detailed. The animals look realistic as well and the backgrounds are very intricate. But, as I learned in the Blu-ray feature “I am Mowgli”, it shows that it was all done on green screen, which makes this film more incredible because most of it isn’t real! The voice acting is superb. Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Christopher Walken and many others truly bring the animals to life with their outstanding voice over work. Speaking about Christopher Walken, another bonus feature is “King Louie’s Temple Layer by Layer”. It shows you how the “I Wan’na Be Like You” scene was created. It is very interesting to watch how the orchestra, Christopher Walken, the storyboard and green screens worked together to make that sequence. Finally, the music is superb and adds so much more energy and excitement to the movie. It just makes the scenes more interesting than they would be without such compelling music. What you should know about this film is that there are many intense scenes. Even I jumped out of my seat a few times. This isn’t a movie for children below age 9 and is definitely a “know your kid” type of movie. I also didn’t like how King Louie doesn’t look as friendly as in the original movie. Aside from that, this movie is truly outstanding entertainment. I recommend this film to kids ages 9 to 18. People who like action, adventure and comedy movies will surely enjoy this. It does have intense scenes and will make you jump but I give it 4 out of 5 stars and love all the bonus features on the DVD/Blu-ray/Digital HD which is available Reviewed by Ryan R., KIDS FIRST! Film Critic. For more reviews by youth, go to kidsfirst dot org

Fantastic movie. Even though I grew up reading Jungle Book as a kid and I knew what was going to happen, I was at the edge of my seat. The story is quite simple with Mowgli (Neel Sethi who is brilliant) who has been living with the wolves since he was a baby is cast out of the pack in fear and mistrust. With the help of his faithful friend Bagheera (Ben Kingsley) he begins to make his way to the man- village. However, Bagheera and the tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba, wonderfully menacing) clash, Mowgli has to fend for himself. He then meets Baloo (Bill Murray) and they have a series of adventures together.The story is beautifully told and covers complicated topics like not fitting in,the importance of your pack staying together. One of my favorite moments of the film is where Bagheera and Baloo have validation that Mowgli is different and that taking him to the village may have him lose that. The movie is most definitely not one for small children, having some very tense scenes. I really felt that Jon Favreau has done a fantastic job of bringing one of my favorite childhood novels to life. The animals which I know are all CGI look superbly real. I would recommend this movie to anyone who has read jungle book.

I wish I could have given it 4.5 stars. I typically reserve the 5 stars for Pixar and Avengers-type movies, but we liked it better than 4 stars, so I rounded up. I tend to be skeptical of remakes and heavily CGI'd movies, so I wasn't sure I'd like this, but my sisters said they had seen it in the theaters and really liked it, so I took a chance and bought it. We watched it the day we got it, and I was very pleasantly surprised. We really loved it. And the CGI was really good. There were a couple of places that I thought, "Oh, that looked CGI," but for the most part, I was very impressed. I don't regret putting the money out for it at all; I'm sure we will watch it many times.

The whole family loved this movie. I first saw the Disney animated version of The Jungle Book in the movie theater as a child and fell in love with it but was disappointed by Disney's later adaptations of the book until they released this one in 2016. They did a great job blending the live action with the CGI while staying true to the feel of the animated version that I fell in love with. But what I really loved was how they added the law of the wolves from Kipling's novel as the law of the jungle in the movie ("NOW this is the law of the jungle, as old and as true as the sky, And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk, the law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.") and has really helped me reinforce what I've been trying to teach my children about team work.

I never really grown with The Jungle Book while I was younger so I had very little interest in this. But I was more than pleasantly surprised with this film, one of the best movies I've seen in 2016, anyone can enjoy this, marvelous visuals, terrifically directed by Jon Faverau and a intelligent script truly makes this one of the very best live action Disney films out! I first seen this movie in 2D and was entertained, but seeing this again in 3D was amazing, to my knowledge the film was specifically made for 3D, all of the color, fine details and depth are not lost and looks smooth and sharp and brings you into the experience right from the first frame. Amazing sound and decent supplements. If you have 3D capabilities then this is a most own!

Excellent (to the 10th power) !!!! This is by far the best animated movie released this year. I place it with Zootopia (5-Star rating) and The Good Dinosaur (5-Star rating). Excellent cinematography and extraordinary job in blending special effects technology (computer-generated characters) with real-life characters. AWESOME !!!!!

It's a great movie for 9yrs old and up. Very intense in many areas and so is the music. I saw it this evening at a theater. It will make you jump out of your seat, make you weep, make you laugh as well. I want to purchase the 3D version as I have a 3D television. I'm sure I won't be disappointed. The sound track is also fantastic, in my humble opinion and I intend to get it as well. It's a must-see movie but not for little kids, it may make them very afraid and the music may be to intense and scary for them. I hope there will be a sequel to this version, as there was to the cartoon original, where Mowgli goes to the village as in the cartoon version.

While I enjoyed the original Jungle Book, it was never on any of my favorite lists. This new version however is amazing and I will enjoy watching it over and over! It's incredible to think how much of this movie is CG, it looks so real! I felt some of the plot points were better and more fleshed out then in the original. If there's one thing I didn't like, the "I Wanna Be Like You" song feels forced and out of place in the movie.