Critic Reviews

• Laura Sinagra, Village Voice

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

• Todd McCarthy, Variety

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

• Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

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

• Scott Craven, Arizona Republic

  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.

• Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

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

• Jane Horwitz, Washington Post

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

• David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

  ...it is, in the final analysis, difficult to recall a more underwhelming series within the Mouse House's ongoing body of work.

• Nell Minow, Common Sense Media

  Ok for kids, but not the most inspired sequel.

• Carrie R. Wheadon, Common Sense Media

  Ok for kids, but not the most inspired sequel.

• Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

  it's hard to top the original

• James Plath, Reel.com

  I doubt that Kipling would have approved of the Lion King-like circle of volcanic fire that now rings a mysteriously rebuilt abandoned temple

• Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central

  As charmless and ugly as last year's Return to Never Land.

• John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

  ...a pale imitation of the original that mainly updates the graphics without adding any new wrinkles to the story or characters.

• John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

  ...nobody thought to provide the new movie with anything fresh in the way of a plot or music.

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