The plot of the story involves a young boy named Alan Parrish who in the 60s finds a supernatural board game that was buried underground in the 1800´s. Alan is instantly drawn into playing and a girl named Sarah who he is friends with also joins the game. After the powers of the game transport young Alan into the jungles of the board game, no one believes sarah´s story of what happened and everyone suspects foul play.
Now in 1995, a girl named Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and her younger brother Peter lives with their aunt in the Parrish house. Judy and Peter gets drawn into the game after finding it in the attic. When the play however, Alan (Robin Williams) is released from the jungle accidentally when one of the kids rolls a certain number on the dice. Now, with the powers and creatures of Jumanji released, they must finish the game. But to do so, they must find Sarah (Bonnie Hunt), because now it is her turn to roll the dice. After finding her, they must hurry before the town they live in is destroyed and before they all die!
Jumanji is a great family film, packed with - at the time - great graphics (most of the time it´s great). I think any child over 5 years old can enjoy this movie, it has no gore or attacks really. Sure, there are some mildly scary scenes, I liked the look of the creatures but I wont reveal any of them. But I consider Harry Potter to be scarier especially Chamber of Secrets, if you have seen that movie I think you know which scene I mean. Another great thing about Jumanji is that adults can enjoy it as much as kids.
The acting was great, Robin Williams is perfect for the role of Alan Parrish, Bonnie Hunt and him have pretty good chemistry, Kirsten Dunst was also great and the one who played Peter was just okay but fitted for the role.
Now to the negatives because jumanji is not a perfect film although I love it. Only kids can hear the drums of the game because it has drums it may sound silly that it has drums but in the movie it doesnt feel silly but that only the kids can hear it is a little silly. The actress who played Judys and Peters aunt was really bad, but her character was also written that way. Some graphics have aged and one scene involving a creature really showed that. The kids only read half of the games rules and near the end of the movie there is a scene which is too happy-ending, but the very last scene is fantastic.
I Love this movie, I grew up with watching the VHS of it and I havent seen it for years until I saw it recently and was pleasantly surprised. If you want some good, family fun seeing a movie, Jumanji won´t do anything wrong but remember it has some mildly scary scenes.
Rating: 8/10
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