Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every ... It’s disappointing, in the end, that Jungle Book finds itself, like Mowgli, lost between worlds; too childish to hold adults ...

1967's The Jungle Book was adapted from and loosely ... to be produced by Walt Disney before his death. The story follows a young boy named Mowgli, who lives with wolves in the Indian jungle.

The adaptation has points to make about humanity’s interactions with nature, in discussions of how Mowgli’s presence is upsetting the balance of the jungle. But none of this is heavy-handed ...