Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Watching this movie a few days after Welcome to the Jungle was maybe ... not a good idea.
I loved the teen characters and seeing their friendship post high school. But the idea that Spencer tried to rebuild the game console after (maybe?) a year, was a little ... lame. It would have been more interesting if Jumanji had somehow survived and they had to go rescue one of Alex's kids or something.
And the whole grandpa and his old…
Does it hold up to the original? No. But is it fun? Yes. Watching Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart play off each other is always funny, but Jack Black stole the show as Bethany. The teenager girl voice and mannerisms had me cackling.
Bobby Cannavale was a hokey and fun video game villain. And I liked all the little touches they made to seem more video game-y. Visuals were cool and the stakes were there.
Mostly, I'm a sucker for the whole unlikely friends thing. Overall, a fun time.
Not sure why everyone hates this movie. It was a cute little period piece. Good acting, fun fourth wall breaks, great costumes and scenery. I'm not an Austen purist by any means, but still, this was a fun movie.