Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

    Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
    2018

    Synopsis

    A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.

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    Cast

    • Rohan ChandMowgli
    • Christian BaleBagheera
    • Andy SerkisBaloo
    • Benedict CumberbatchSher Khan
    • Cate BlanchettKaa (voice)
    • Naomie HarrisNisha
    • Peter MullanAkela
    • Louis Ashbourne SerkisBhoot
    • Tom HollanderTabaqui
    • Matthew RhysLockwood

    Recommendations

    • 75

      San Francisco Chronicle

      If “The Jungle Book” is like taking a trip to Disneyland, then “Mowgli” is a hike straight into unknown woods with nothing but some duct tape and a Bowie knife.
    • 70

      Los Angeles Times

      The abiding darkness and occasionally graphic visuals will likely reduce its appeal as talking-critter family fare — think growling nighttime campfire tale instead of sun-dappled spectacle — but it makes for a welcome swerve from the Mouse House’s fun-zone approach to these timeless stories.
    • 70

      The New York Times

      The filmmakers are clearly trying to bring an uncommon maturity to the fantasy film, and in many respects they succeed. While not everything here works, what does is impressive.
    • 67

      IGN

      It’s intellectually intriguing and well-acted, but the inconsistent visual effects undermine the necessary suspension of disbelief when it comes to mixing live-action humans with talking CG animals in such a serious and somber adaptation of the Kipling classic. Still, it’s a thoughtful and dramatic interpretation, which sets it apart from most incarnations of The Jungle Book.
    • 63

      Slant Magazine

      While the film’s perception of the politics of the jungle is often profound, the same cannot be said of its take on the human world.
    • 58

      IndieWire

      For every scene of dazzling wonder, there’s another of outsized horror; for every big cat who looks ready to jump off the screen, there’s a wolf that appears bizarrely unfinished. There is little middle ground.
    • 50

      RogerEbert.com

      The whole movie feels oddly stranded and dramatically inert, despite the obvious passion that went into making it.
    • 40

      The Guardian

      No songs at all now, and not much fun.

    Seen by

    • Danka S. Kojić