Very good remake of the Original classic from 94 and yes the story is exactly the same but that's not necessarily a bad thing. A new generation gets introduced to this amazing story and for those like me who grew up with the original it's nostalgia overkill! So everybody wins. Btw the animation is just gorgeous.

A movie that never justifies its existence.
I have a lot of respect for what John Favreau did with The Jungle Book.
He managed to do something that every remake should aim for, but usually fails to do: improve upon its original.
This, however, is the exact same movie.
There was zero effort put into improving things, or even do anything different, for that matter.
And to some degree, I get it: the original is almost sacred to some people, and they’ll act autistically if you change too much.
There’s also an upside to that, which some critics don’t pick up on: if a story works in 1994, it still works in 2019.
But you could at the very least try some different shot compositions, or different music cues, or anything to not make this movie completely creatively hollow.
Yes, it looks just like a Discovery documentary.
At the same time, the realism strips the expressiveness of the animals away, so those things cancel each other out.
There’s just no reason to watch this over the original.

5.5/10

I've watched the cartoon so many times and the VHS tape wouldn't work anymore. So needless to say I'm a big fan... I love this version too although it's almost the same there are some big differences.. The made the hyenas unfunny.. All the best funny parts of them are gone which is sad cause I really liked them... Also they increased the role of Nala, why did they do that...pfff probably cause Beyonce wanted to be more important.. Other than that it's a great movie for a new generation and some of the new jokes are better. Timon and Pumba are still epic, and you just don't mess with Mufasa.. That name still gives me shivers

It doesn't have the same magic the original had. It looks impressive but felt slightly off with the realism look. The music wasn't as good but there were still some music cues that gave me chills. I'm glad a new generation is getting this and I had a ok time but I will probably never revisit this one.

Meh. This was painful. Just made me want to watch the original.

A souless cash grab.

I can't believe this made 1 billion at the box office. Like why? It's literally the same movie! Some of the voice acting wasn't that good, especially Beyoncé who's extremely bad here. Chiwetel Ejiofor is a great actor, but he was painfully miscast as Scar. They should've just brought back Jeremy Irons. Mufasa death scene was pretty laughable. The visual effects on the animals may look photorealistic and amazing, but soul and heart isn't there.

Overall rating: Can you feel the love this evening?

This is bad.

I'm sad that James Earl Jones had to act in this, although I'm happy to hear his voice. Also Scar being voiced by anyone else besides Jeremy Irons is just plain wrong. This movie really didn't have to be made. It is so obvious how lazy they were with the remake and added nothing new to the story [spoiler]unlike Maleficent where we get a different perpective, or Beauty and The Beast where it's more inspired by original than it is a remake[/spoiler]
Also 'Can you feel the love tonight' happened at day.... why.
Scars bad guy song was shortened and with no impact.

All in all, terrible and boring and literally no one asked for it

uncanny valley, the movie. Basically, this movie is a shameless cash grab that literally remakes the original almost scene by scene but now with worse voice acting, less music and less expresion from the characters.

A perfectly satisfactory film for anyone who has never even heard of _The Lion King_ before. For the rest of us: You can't fall in love for the first time a second time, no matter how good the CGI is.

I cant say I like this film with me being a 90s baby I strongly believe that the original shouldve been left alone or in the very least animated cartoon. For me, I didnt care to much for the realism it was just strange in nature. I doubt I will watch it again... just ehh.