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Zathura: A New Adventure From the World of Jumanji [Special Edition]

Actor(s): Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins
Director(s): Jon Favreau
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG
Content Advisory: Watch With Your Kids, Scary Moments
Movie Release: 2005
DVD Release: 02/14/2006
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English, French
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Total Copies: 17
Genres: Fantasy, Children's/Family, Children's Fantasy, Space Adventure
See Also: Zathura: A New Adventure From the World of Jumanji [UMD for PSP]

DVD Synopsis

An old and forgotten game develops magical powers in this fantasy for the whole family. Twelve-year-old Walter Budwing (Josh Hutcherson) and his younger brother, Danny (Jonah Bobo), figure they're going to be in for a boring time when their father (Tim Robbins), who was supposed to spend the day with them, is suddenly called away on business, and gives them strict orders not to leave the house. Walter, who doesn't have much use for Danny, is motivated by boredom more than anything else when he agrees to play a board game Danny has found in the basement during a round of hide-and-seek. However, the boys quickly discover the space-themed game Zathura has some unusual qualities -- a roll of the dice unexpectedly launches the Budwing home into outer space, and Walter and Danny are suddenly fending off menacing robots, angry aliens, and showers of interstellar debris outside the Earth's atmosphere. As the boys try to figure out a way back home, they get some unexpected help from an earthling astronaut (Dax Shepard) who has also lost his way. Based on the book by children's author Chris Van Allsburg -- who also wrote -The Polar Express and -Jumanji -- Zathura was directed by Jon Favreau, the actor-turned-filmmaker who enjoyed a breakthrough success with Elf. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Actors

Jonah Bobo - Danny
Josh Hutcherson - Walter
Dax Shepard - Astronaut
Kristen Stewart - Lisa
Tim Robbins - Dad
Frank Oz - Robot

Member Movie Reviews

Kathryn B. (KathrynBlodgett) from PALM BCH GDNS, FL wrote on 9/26/2009...

This is a pretty typical jumanji style movie - the only difference is that it takes the events into outspace and is more oriented to technologies like robots and such. I was not really impressed with this movie - I didnt think any of the ideas were anything different than the rest of the jumanji remakes (other than the space aspect like I said). If your kid loves jumanji style movies they will probably love this one, but the idea is too repetative of other movies for my taste.

Alice H. (singlegalkansas) from TOPEKA, KS wrote on 1/30/2009...

0 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This movie was good no matter the few vulgar words.

Robey S. (Robey) wrote on 1/26/2009...

3 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.

This was a fun movie until the part where little Danny calls his older brother a "Dick" and his name is Walter. Also, Walter tells a robot to "get me a juice box biotch." My son is 5 and I prefer he didn't watch this for those reasons as well as some scary moments. A friend who lets her 5 year old watch this gave it high reviews. However, not something I would recomend, but, of course, that's up to each parent.

Christine Z. (Zenverse) wrote on 6/14/2008...

1 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Very good. Cool sci-fi version of Jumanji. A great movie for all ages but the aliens may be scary for some young kids.

Duane S. (superpoet) from FORT WORTH, TX wrote on 5/3/2008...

1 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Wow! I really liked this movie. Lots of special effects, believable characters, great story line, and lots of shocks to the system! Five stars for me.