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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

2018

Andy Serkis

Rohan Chand, Matthew Rhys, Freida Pinto. Voice: Christian Bale ...

5.7

6,832

Adventure. Drama The story follows the upbringing of the human child Mowgli raised by a pack of wolves in the jungles of India. As he learns the often harsh rules of the jungle, under the tutelage of a bear named Baloo and a black panther named Bagheera, Mowgli becomes accepted by the animals of the jungle as one of their own, except for one; the fearsome tiger Shere Khan. But there may be greater dangers lurking in the jungle, as Mowgli comes face to face with his human origins. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] combines visuals that are alternately lush and nightmarish, performance-capture that falls unpersuasively short of state-of-the-art and a prestige cast (...) that curiously fails to engage."	NEG
United States	Glenn Kenny 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."	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[It] focuses too much on technology, not enough on character (...) The film is not without spectacle, but it is strangely without soul"	NEU
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"There’s much to gasp and fawn over here, and too much forgettable filler (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A pointless return (...) There are no songs and not much fun (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"The result falls into a strange in-between territory — not entirely appealing to either kids or to adults, while essential characters are either accomplished effects work or dismal renderings."	NEU
United States	Jim Vejvoda 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"	NEU
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"The whole movie feels oddly stranded and dramatically inert (...) It's the photorealistic rendering of the animals that throws the entire thing slightly out of whack (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Don Kaye Den of Geek	"The CG work here is spectacular (...) If you saw 'The Jungle Book', there’s not a whole lot of reason to sit through the story again (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Derek Smith Slant	"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 (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"The creatures’ cuteness factor has been dialled down to zero (...) Any chemistry between Mowgli and his animal brethren gets lost at the point of contact between pixels and flesh."	NEG
Canada	Molly Freeman Screen Rant	"A darker adaptation of Kipling's stories, with stunning visual feats from director Andy Serkis and an impactful story (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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