TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

marilynnewman I never saw this until today. I remember reading the book & enjoying it greatly. Like another viewer, I felt sorry for the mamma snake, she just wanted to protect her babies. But, She also wanted to kill the whole family. I sort of got a view of it in real life. My cat, Orbs, brought home a baby rattlesnake & was playing Rikki-Tikki-Tavi with IT. I managed to grab her & my dad killed it & buried it. I felt sorry for that one too. He was just minding his own business when my crazy cat abducted him.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is an animated 30-minute movie from 40 years ago and it was directed and written by the legendary Chuck Jones (in his 60s) based on Rudyard Kipling's tale. This is maybe also why it looks a bit older than 1975 as Jones of course had his great years in the decades before that already. Mel Blanc is not in this one, but this is not a problem as the narrator is Orson Welles and the rest of the voice acting is done by prolific (voice) actors such as June Foray. The story is about a little mongoose who becomes the pet of a boy. Initially, the parents are skeptical, but then he keeps protecting the entire family repeatedly (especially the boy) from a pair of poisonous cobras. A good watch for the entire family. The violence is not too graphic and everybody involved with this one did a fairly good job. Thumbs up.

Terryfan I remember first watching Rikki-Tikki-Tavi as a child but I didn't see it again until some time in 2006 and it brought back some memories for me watching it as a kid.The story follows a Mongoose named Rikki-Tikki who almost drowns only for a boy named Teddy and his father to find him him along with his mother brought him back to full health and becomes apart of the family.Rikki quickly learns that two cobras named Nag and Nagaina live in the garden of the family's home, after they saved his life he feels it is his duty to protected them from the snakes.Chuck Jones and his team made a great artwork for this 30 minute movie. Very good background and the designs for the snakes were very evil and creepy. And the animation they did for Rikki and his quick movements was perfect timing.The voice acting is well done with Orson Welles, June Foray, and Shepard Menken being the best picks for the characters they had voice.The music matches the story and setting of the film and it's location the music was very smart.Overall Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a very well thought out well told and well animated classic that shouldn't be miss.I give Rikki-Tikki-Tavi an 8 out of 10

The Doomite Like many of the other reviewers on this site, my earliest memories of seeing this cartoon were created in my after-school program, with the film being shown on an old projector. I remember Rikki-Tikki-Tavi to be one of the coolest films that we were shown as kids back in the mid '80s. This cartoon classic had everything: adventure, humor, suspense, just a touch of evil (with the two cobras, Nag and Nagaina) to make things interesting, a great story, and a happy ending.Fast-forward to the present day. By chance, I saw this video for sale at the local Wal-Mart, and the memories started to come back into my mind. Needless to say, I bought the video and watched it again this afternoon. Everything was almost exactly as I remember it from back in the day. Plus, since I've grown wiser with my years, I came to recognize this cartoon as a real classic piece of work. The animation is solid and consistent, just what you'd expect from Chuck Jones. All of the voice work is good, but the stand-out performance has to go to Orson Welles as the narrator, Nag, and the sniveling muskrat. Not only do I now know about Welles being the mastermind behind "Citizen Kane", I also respect his work from his later years, as he provided narration for a couple of killer Manowar songs. I'm glad that I bought the video, as it will most likely become a well-loved addition to my collection. See this with your kids and let them create their own memories of this great cartoon!