Jungle tale is Disney's summer hope

Two Brothers

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast: Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Freddie Highmore, Oanh Nguyen

Cert: 12.

When a couple of tigers out-act the humans - and here they really do - then you know Disney must be involved somewhere.

They are, and this charming if fluffy slight tale of the jungle is their big summer hope; hope fades already.

Well, OK, so the kiddies will love it since you simply could not dislike the antics of Kumal and Sangha, two Indochina tigers, who have been separated at birth and brought up under vastly different circumstances.

As with most Disney films the sugar is so-so sweet and the animals are laden with human characteristics in an attempt to make them more accessible; but, hay, they're animals, big wonderful-looking tigers, they come with more natural charisma than most of the humans and they don't need the Burbank treatment.

But they are lovely to behold; burning bright!

Star Rating: 3/5