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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Fantastic Film, 31 Dec 2008
I first saw this years ago back when I was eight. I loved the film then and I love the film now.
In 1969, 12 year old Alan Parish discovers an old wooden board game called Jumanji. That evening he and his friend Sarah play the game. Upon rolling the dice, Alan is sucked into the game. 26 years later two kids named Judie and Peter Sheppard move into Alan's old house with their aunt Nora (their parents recently died in a car accident). Judie and Peter soon stumble upon Jumanji. When they start playing the two immediately learn that there's something evil about the game, when huge mosquitos and monkeys appear. The only good thing that appears is Alan Parish, whose thrilled to be home at last, but is also shocked to learn just how much time has passed, and the state his home town is now in.
Alan has no intentions of playing the game again, but he soon realises he has no choice in the matter. He and Sarah started playing the game 26 years earlier, but the game was never finished, and Judie and Peter have simply become additional players. Now the four must work together to finish the game and restore things back to normal, facing the dangers of Jumanji that are released upon the roll of the dice, such as man eating plants, giant spiders, a stampede of rhinos and hippos, and an angry hunter named Van Pelt, who's been hunting Alan for years.
A truly excellent film, well directed. Robin Williams (as always) was brilliant for his role, and played Alan brilliantly. Other actors include Bonnie Hunt, who played Sarah rather well, Kirsten Dunst, who played Judie, Bradley Pierce, who played Peter, David Alan Grier, who played the police officer Carl and Jonathan Hyde, who had two roles in the film. One was Alan's father Sam, and another was Van Pelt. Jonathan played the role of Van Pelt very well. A brilliant film, you'd love. If you don't like it, then I've got to ask what's wrong with you?
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