Disney's sequel to the story of Mowgli and his jungle companions leaves out the name of Rudyard Kipling on the credits. No loss. It could well have left out the name of Disney.

| Jan 10, 2018

Ok for kids, but not the most inspired sequel.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 28, 2010

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Is there any other reason Disney would throw in three reprises here of the original's hit song, 'Bare Necessities' if it were not to disguise this film's 'Unnecessary Indulgence'?

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 10, 2003

John Goodman's Baloo admits, 'King Louie? He split!' Before the third defibrillation of 'Bare Necessities,' you and your kids might too.

| Feb 19, 2003

More development and nuance in Karl Geurs' script would have made a big difference.

Full Review | Feb 18, 2003

Wait for it to come out on video, it'll baby sit a four-year-old. Anybody else is gonna be bored by it.

Full Review | Feb 18, 2003

That scratching sound you hear isn't Baloo the bear rubbing against a tree, it's Disney scraping the bottom of the sequel barrel with a follow-up that has none of the charm or creativity of the original.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 15, 2003

Relatively innocuous but utterly unnecessary -- except from the standpoint of unbridled capitalism.

| Feb 14, 2003

Likely to provide 72 minutes of enjoyment and a few scary thrills to tykes, as well as a pleasant diversion for parents.

Full Review | Feb 14, 2003

The animation is lovely, but the simplistic story feels as if it were arrived at by committee after an hour-long meeting.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 14, 2003

A pathetic excuse for an animated feature, with only slightly more than an hour of action, a thin plot that returns to very familiar details and themes, and only two new songs.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 14, 2003

The overall result of this remake is something as safe and dull as oatmeal.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 14, 2003

Feels a little dispiriting in the manner of a high school reunion where everyone is dancing to the same old songs and looking a little worse for wear.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 14, 2003

This is a by-the-numbers rehash that will leave anyone much over 5 enormously grateful that, if you duck out before the lengthy end credits, it lasts just over an hour.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 14, 2003

There's no escaping the feeling that Disney fielded its B-team for this movie.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Feb 14, 2003

The characters are sweet -- OK, the new baby character's a bit of a nuisance -- the music is fun and, yes, that bear can indeed dance.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 14, 2003

A slapdash sequel that hardly qualifies as a feature.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 14, 2003

It's a throwback in which cute animals of no depth or nuance play with the hero or threaten him in not very scary ways.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 14, 2003

As someone who enjoys an above-average cartoon ... I'm a little cheesed by the pro forma story line and ruthlessly brief running time of Book.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 14, 2003