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The Jungle Book Review

For Families provided by Common Sense Media

OK for kids 8+

Kids will like that Mowgli can talk to animals.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this version is in sharp contrast with the Disney animated movie, with a real sense of the danger in the jungle and the different kinds of dangers in the "civilized" village.

  • Families can talk about how this movie compares to Disney's animated and live-action versions, and also how it compares to Kipling's orginal story.

What to watch for
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    Violence and scariness: Mowgli's father killed by a tiger (off-screen), Mowgli subdues cobra and kills tiger with a knife, hunter kills cobra, fire in the forest, bad guys kill each other and person eaten by crocodile (not explicit).

  • sex false0

    Sexy stuff: Not an issue

  • language false0

    Language: Not an issue

  • consumerism false0

    Consumerism: Not an issue

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue

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