I always liked this when I was a kid and as someone who grew up with both this and the original Jungle Book, I was 2 when this came out, I can say that while the original had a few more memorable songs I actually always preferred this film, the new characters where fun and memorable, I'm still nostalgic over one of the songs, the opening always seemed exiting to me when I was little, and the visuals where better than the original in my opinion, so I'm sure that kids would still enjoy this movie even if it's not a masterpiece. It also builds up the character of the originally unnamed girl-who shows up at the end of the original to sing about her future of being a domesticated house wife while her husband hunts and then flirts with Mowgli- into being quite a well rounded example of positive female representation in a film that appeals to kids of any gender.
Review of The Jungle Book 2
