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Rating: 7/10 (31 May 2020)

An entertaining watch.
'The Jungle Book' is ideal family viewing, with its warm characters and catchy music. The plot isn't the deepest, shown by the lesser conclusion, though on the whole you can't help but smile throughout.
Mowgli, despite being the protagonist, isn't one of the best; Bruce Reitherman is solid if unspectacular. The real stars of the film are Baloo (Phil Harris) and Bagheera (Sebastian Cabot), as well as side characters Kaa (Sterling Holloway) and King Louie (Louis Prima). George Sanders does good as Shere Khan, but it is surprising that he isn't seen until the final act.
This arguably features Disney's greatest songs from this era of their productions. "The Bare Necessities" is the standout for me, but "Colonel Hathi's March" and "I Wan'na Be like You" are terrific too. All sing-a-long worthy.
The film is a largely just for fun 78 minutes, which is why the more serious finale doesn't avoid falling flat a little bit. It's still an OK ending, just not on the same level as what builds up to it in my opinion.
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