2015 #43
Chris Buck & Kevin Lima | 85 mins | streaming (HD) | 1.85:1 | USA / English | U / G
Chris Buck & Kevin Lima | 85 mins | streaming (HD) | 1.85:1 | USA / English | U / G
Disney’s ’80s/’90s renaissance more-or-less came to an end with this adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough’s jungle hero.
There are largely insipid Phil Collins songs (including Oscar-winner You’ll Be in My Heart) and a twee childhood-set first act, but when the eponymous hero grows up, things get interesting. The animated medium is put to excellent use in thrillingly fluid jungle-swinging action scenes (normally the purview of CGI, but here peerless in 2D), Minnie Driver brings her ’90s quirk to Jane, and Brian Blessed is a first-rate villain.
Not the pinnacle of Disney’s late 20th Century output, but an entertaining animated adventure.
