Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

"The greatest journey is finding where you belong."

2018 1h 45m EN

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★6.5TMDB · 2,653

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Synopsis

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A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.

“The greatest journey is finding where you belong.”

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Cast

Rohan Chand
Mowgli
Christian Bale
Bagheera (voice)
Cate Blanchett
Kaa (voice)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Shere Khan (voice)
Naomie Harris
Nisha (voice)
Andy Serkis
Baloo (voice)
Peter Mullan
Akela (voice)
Jack Reynor
Brother Wolf (voice)

Credits

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Director: Andy Serkis
Writers: Callie Kloves, Tracy Wilson, Tracey Wilson
Languages: English, Hindi
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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$175M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andy Serkis, shot by Michael Seresin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nitin Sawhney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Mark Sanger shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Rohan Chand and Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Andy Serkis directs. Michael Seresin behind the camera. Nitin Sawhney scores. Mark Sanger cuts. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Hindi.

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1$175M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 8 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Directed by Andy Serkis, shot by Michael Seresin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Nitin Sawhney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Mark Sanger shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Rohan Chand and Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The greatest journey is finding where you belong.".
10IMDB entry: tt2388771 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 10 themes, including "based on novel or book", "hunter", "wolf", "tiger".
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Michael Seresin
Original score: Nitin Sawhney
Editing: Mark Sanger
Production design: Gary Freeman
Costume design: Alexandra Byrne
Makeup / hair: Chris Lyons
VFX supervisor: Nigel Denton-Howes
Sound: Ben Barker
Stunt coordinator: Mark Mottram
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $175,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)

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Gimly2019-06-10
★ 4/10
Two live-action Jungle Book adaptations in as many (and a half) years. The general consensus seems to be that the Disney version is great, and this one is not. Personally, I'm not huge on either of them. But I can see strength in the argument that the other one is at least better. Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
Kamurai2020-07-17
★ 6/10
Good watch, probably won't watch again, and can recommend if you're just looking for another version of "The Jungle Book". I will say they definitely had the budget for a decent production value, and while Mowgli is almost the only person in the movie, I can definitely say that Rohan Chand is a great child actor, and everyone should be watching him going forward. Someone was upset that Disney had "The Jungle Book" made as a family friendly, charming movie, and when Netflix was giving away jobs, he jumped in and said, "It's time for the Nolan treatment!" and made a grittier more nuanced than intuitive version. This version goes much too far into the politics of the Jungle, and does some really strange re-casts of the characters. Baloo is almost a pirate captain, or an old military commander (because you remember how when the English conquered India, the Indian fought back on bear calvary, right?), and Louie is replaced with a friendly Kaa (still in charge of "the monkey people"), and they specifically go into who is in the pack and who isn't and what laws are being broken. They even added a new character just to put them in the FRIDGE: I really thought we were done with that trope (it's probably a cliche now). The action is almost all flippant, it doesn't amount to much and it's all shot a little funny to me. They also added a Gaston / Clayton character as an antagonist so there are alleged twists on how both must be handled. The dialogue is mostly fine, but this is LONG, about 1 hr 45 mins, but feels like 2 hrs 30 min. The story arcs feel more like a run on sentence: looking back I can identify an establishing Act, a climatic Act, and something in the middle that must have been the 2nd act, where all the strife happens, but the weight definitely isn't equal amongst the 3. There is also no graduating: the fable aspect is long gone, there is not "leveling", Mowgli is the same punk kid as when the movie started, he's just stupid enough to challenge a tiger in open terrain (yes, there's more to that, but it wouldn't matter). I even like the movie, but this version takes out what little I found special from the Disney versions and replaces it with Batman levels of inner conflict over his identity.