The Jungle Book

What a delightful movie!  First of all, I have seen every movie version of The Jungle Book and I liked them all in their way.  This one, however, blows them all out of the jungle!  I especially enjoyed Bill Murray as Baloo the Bear.  You haven’t lived until you have heard Christopher Walken sing.  Sometimes animated movies appear to have actors doing voices just because they are celebrities.  In this case,however, the voices perfectly fit each animal.  Scarlett Johanson is marvelously slinky  as Kaa the python.  Even the late Gary Shandling had a part.  If this was his last movie, it is a fitting tribute.  With all of this star power, you would think the one actual  actor, a young boy named Neel Sethi as Mowgli, would bee overshadowed.  Not even close.  That boy is a natural for this part.  I truly believed he was raised by wolves and befriended by a whole Noah’s Ark of animal comrades.  This is definitely a movie everyone can and will enjoy. Oh, and stay for the credits for some really innovative animation.