Storyline
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room. Alan's only hope for freedom is to finish the game, which proves risky as all three find themselves running from giant rhinoceroses, evil monkeys and other terrifying creatures.
Directors
Cast
Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Patricia Clarkson, Frank Welker, David Alan Grier, Malcolm Stewart, Tom Woodruff Jr., Lloyd Berry, Peter Bryant, Bebe Neuwirth, Jonathan Hyde, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, Adam Hann-Byrd, Laura Bell Bundy, James Handy, Gillian Barber, Brandon Obray, Cyrus Thiedeke, Gary Joseph Thorup, Leonard Zola, Annabel Kershaw, Darryl Henriques, Robyn Driscoll, Sarah Gilson, Florica Vlad, June Lion, Brenda Lockmuller, Frederick Richardson, Jaysen Clough, Daniel Olsen, Falko Schilling, David Szehi
Trailer
Reviews
75
The result is a thrill ride with enough plunges and turns and loop-the-loops to make it worth a spin. What the picture lacks is the magic and resonance you feel in the best of popular entertainments.
60
The New York Times
Eschewing warm, cuddly imagery just as Mr. Van Allsburg's book does, the film affects a strange, artificial style that has the invasive weirdness of "Gremlins" but none of the charm.
60
Empire
On a scene by scene basis, it is mostly great fun but suffers from a contrived script which repetitively drags characters back to the eponymous magical board game for another effect-producing throw of the dice.
58
Entertainment Weekly
Jumanji is cardboard Spielberg, a B-movie scrap heap of spare parts lifted from "Jurassic Park" and "Gremlins" and "Back to the Future".
50
ReelViews
Jumanji takes approximately one-hundred minutes for four people to play a board game. The result isn't much more fun or involving than watching a few friends play Monopoly.
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