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1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
2	** From the same man who did ''Film/RoboCop1987'' and ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'', Music/BasilPoledouris had provided a memorable soundtrack for this movie.
3	** There's also the amazing song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLurYE-MZcE Two Different Worlds]] by Music/KennyLoggins, which was sadly only featured in the international releases of the movie.
4	* BestKnownForTheFanservice: This movie is definitely remembered for the generous dose of AdaptationalAttractiveness it gives to Mowgli, to be played by the handsome Creator/JasonScottLee, and spending a significant chunk of the run time in nothing but a loincloth.
5	* FairForItsDay: While some people have criticized this film for having the {{Love Interest\|s}} invoke WhiteMansBurden to help the main protagonist, the film goes well out of its way to emphasize that this model of thinking is wrong, and that the thinking [[DeliberateValuesDissonance was completely normal]] for the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire time]] [[UsefulNotes/TheRaj period]] the film is set in. Furthermore, while Kitty, Doctor Plumford, and Colonel Brydon all have some form of this mindset, they are most definitely not racists, and they openly treat Mowgli not just as an equal, but with open respect, when most British officials treated the Indians with disdain at best, and outright racism at worst. Colonel Brydon is also shown to indicate that he has no trouble with his daughter's romance with Mowgli, which is incredibly progressive given that interracial romance was a major taboo back in the 1890s.
6	* FandomRivalry: There's a mild one with Disney's second [[Film/TheJungleBook2016 live-action remake]], which is more obviously following the animated version with talking animals, while this one is an InNameOnly adaptation that involves romance and adventure.
7	* HilariousInHindsight:
8	** In his review, Creator/RogerEbert talked about the InNameOnly premise and wondered "What's next? [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer Tom Sawyer]] with a car chase and a shoot-out?" [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen Well...]]
9	** Given Mowgli's age-up to become a sexy jungle man in a loincloth, and a romance with an EnglishRose who has a BumblingDad, it's not hard to think of Disney's animated adaptation of ''{{WesternAnimation/Tarzan}}'' that followed five years later - especially since Jane in the source material is American and made British.
10	* {{Narm}}: Tabaqui's DisneyVillainDeath, which is clearly a cheap effect and has him screaming in a hilariously odd way and his eyes bugging out.
11	* QuestionableCasting:
12	** Mowgli should, logically speaking, be Indian, seeing as the story is set in India and seeing how the child Mowgli is clearly Indian and played by Sean Naegeli and has a clearly Indian father. But for the grown-up Mowgli they went with the Chinese-Hawaiian Creator/JasonScottLee.
13	** More like Questionable Animal Supplying: Bombay, the tiger who played Shere Khan [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller is rather small and unimposing whenever he shares the screen with a human actor]], while Shere Khan is usually depicted as a hulking beast of a Bengal tiger, yet the movie more or less acts like their Shere Khan fits that criteria. The latter case is partially justified by Bombay doing so many stunts that involved getting close to people. Up-close "Big cat attacks" are known as one of the most dangerous stunts an animal trainer can do with an actual wild animal and can go very wrong quickly. Having a smaller tiger made it a little safer to work with.
14	* RetroactiveRecognition:
15	** Creator/LenaHeadey (a.k.a. [[Film/ThreeHundred Queen Gorgo]], [[Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles Sarah Connor]] and [[Series/GameOfThrones Queen Cersei Lannister]]) as Kitty.
16	** Creator/FaranTahir (aka Raza in ''Film/IronMan1'' and Capt. Robau in ''Film/StarTrek2009'') is Mowgli's father, Nathoo.
17	** Jason Flemyng as the bumbling Lt Wilkins, who would become a more famous character actor for the likes of ''{{Series/Primeval}}'', ''Film/TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton'', ''Film/KickAss'' and ''Film/XMenFirstClass''.
18	* SignatureScene: The most remembered scene of the movie is when Shere Khan hunts down and kills Wilkins in the third act.
19	* SpecialEffectFailure: The green screen effect mentioned under {{Narm}}. Also, the brief CGI close-up shots of Kaa haven't held up well.
20	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The movie is surprisingly dark, with several violent action scenes and downright gruesome deaths for the villains.

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