Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

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.

2315d ago

With Mowgli, Andy Serkis brings a marginally darker Jungle Book to Netflix

2315d ago

With Mowgli, Andy Serkis brings a marginally darker Jungle Book to Netflix

2315d ago

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Andy Serkis' somber version of The Jungle Book, is marred by dodgy VFX.

2315d ago

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Andy Serkis' somber version of The Jungle Book, is marred by dodgy VFX.

2315d ago

The pervasive sense of chaos and deadly danger in the jungle, evidenced by numerous scenes of violence and bloodshed, serves to raise the stakes considerably here, while also blurring the lines between good and evil.

2315d ago

The pervasive sense of chaos and deadly danger in the jungle, evidenced by numerous scenes of violence and bloodshed, serves to raise the stakes considerably here, while also blurring the lines between good and evil.

2315d ago

Actor-director Andy Serkis takes a harsher, darker, more CGI-heavy look at ‘The Jungle Book’ — and pings between peaks and uncanny valleys

2315d ago

Actor-director Andy Serkis takes a harsher, darker, more CGI-heavy look at ‘The Jungle Book’ — and pings between peaks and uncanny valleys

2315d ago

The phrase that best describes "Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle" is "uncanny valley," that uneasy feeling people have when they encounter simulations of people that are real but not quite real enough.

2315d ago

The phrase that best describes "Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle" is "uncanny valley," that uneasy feeling people have when they encounter simulations of people that are real but not quite real enough.

2315d ago

Walt Disney did not create The Jungle Book. That was the work of Rudyard Kipling, the British author, but just about every adaptation has followed the 1967 Disney version that throws aside every element of the anthology book and centered solely on Mowgli, the orphaned man-cub raised by wolves in the Indian forests.

2315d ago

Walt Disney did not create The Jungle Book. That was the work of Rudyard Kipling, the British author, but just about every adaptation has followed the 1967 Disney version that throws aside every element of the anthology book and centered solely on Mowgli, the orphaned man-cub raised by wolves in the Indian forests.

2315d ago

Performance capture guru Andy Serkis’ ill-conceived adaptation of 'The Jungle Book' focuses too much on technology, not enough on character.

2315d ago

Performance capture guru Andy Serkis’ ill-conceived adaptation of 'The Jungle Book' focuses too much on technology, not enough on character.

2315d ago

After the tiger Shere Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) kills his parents, Mowgli (Rohan Chand) is adopted by jungle animals and raised as one of them. The larger he grows, the less the boy fits in with his four-legged friends. Should he stay in the jungle, always the outsider, or go back to the human world, which he’s never known?

2315d ago

There are no songs and not much fun as director Andy Serkis’s ultra-realistic animation trudges into the uncanny valley

2315d ago

After the tiger Shere Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) kills his parents, Mowgli (Rohan Chand) is adopted by jungle animals and raised as one of them. The larger he grows, the less the boy fits in with his four-legged friends. Should he stay in the jungle, always the outsider, or go back to the human world, which he’s never known?

2315d ago

This darker, sparer take on the Kipling classic fails to deliver the bare necessities.

2315d ago

This darker, sparer take on the Kipling classic fails to deliver the bare necessities.

2315d ago

There are no songs and not much fun as director Andy Serkis’s ultra-realistic animation trudges into the uncanny valley

2315d ago

This bloody, not-for-kids retelling of the Kipling tale bloats itself with extra characters and subplots

2315d ago

This bloody, not-for-kids retelling of the Kipling tale bloats itself with extra characters and subplots

2315d ago