A Review of The Jungle Book
by Catherine Z.
During the first part of the movie, Mowgli (Neel Sethi) is running from Bagheera (Ben Kingsley). Mowgli grows up with Akela (Giancarlo Esposito) the wolf, and his home is in the jungle. One day Mowgli is told he has to leave the jungle because it isn't safe for him anymore, so he tells the other animals that he is leaving. Shere Khan (Idris Elba) wants to capture and kill Mowgli, and in some spots he gets close.
In the middle of the movie, when Mowgli is lost in a jungle, he hears a voice belonging to a snake named Kaa (Scarlett Johansson).Then Mowgli meets Baloo (Bill Murray). Baloo saves Mowgli's life, and then Baloo asks him to do a few favors. A little while after that, Bagheera tells Mowgli that he needs to go back to the man village.
Some monkeys catch Mowgli when he starts to run away from Bagheera and Baloo, and they bring Mowgli to their monkey temple. Then Mowgli gets introduces to King Louie (Christopher Walken). When Mowgli tries to escape the temple, King Louie gets angry and chases him all over the temple, breaking things and knocking them over. Towards the end, the characters are all fighting Shere Khan.
Overall Jon Favreau did a great job directing the movie. Some parts were scary, but most of them were funny and entertaining. I thought that all of the characters looked realistic and did a great job acting out the characters. The only thing I noticed was sometimes when the characters talked, the lips didn't match up to the voices.
I would give this movie a 4 out of 5 rating.
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