Jumanji

Theatrical Release Date: 1995 12 15 (USA)

UPC: 043396125421

Studio: Columbia TriStar

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Suitable for Children]

Summary: Jumanji is a visually elaborate fantasy about an enchanted board game that opens a magical portal to a jungle universe. Two young children, Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter (Bradley Pierce), discover the game in an abandoned home and suddenly are greeted by Alan (Robin Williams), an adult who has spent his life trapped inside the game since playing it at age 12. Alan's only hope for freedom involves finishing the game, but this proves rather dangerous, as Judy, Peter, and Alan find themselves running for their lives from huge rhinoceroses, evil monkeys, vicious lions, and other terrifying jungle beasts. Director Joe Johnston, whose special-effects background previously came to good use in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, used groundbreaking computer imagery to simulate the thrills. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

Category: Children's/Family

Features: Full-length movie
Widescreen presentation
DVD picture quality

Jumanji

Format: Universal Media Disc

Release Date: 11/08/2005

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Runtime: 101 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,German,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,German

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Karl Williams

The imaginative children's novel by Chris Van Allsburg becomes this successful, if a bit too sour, big-budget action-adventure. The basic idea of Jumanji (1995) is certainly an inventive and exciting one: a board game in which a player can be literally drawn into a savage jungle world upon a losing roll of the dice. Where the film seems to go wrong is in having its milquetoast hero disappear for so long, only to reappear as a physically tougher but emotionally wounded adult played by Robin Williams. What this story needs is a sense of joy, of a small-minded town too concerned about appearances and normalcy getting its comeuppance. Instead, an underlying sense of tragedy (parents undone by a child's disappearance, other kids orphaned, childhood scars holding adults back from moving on in life) scuttles the whole endeavor. Director Joe Johnston has all the trappings just right, and the computer-generated critters are sufficiently frightening, exciting, and realistic. It's the film's somber emotional content that saps what should have been a wild ride of the giddy vibe that should have been fueling the trip. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Cast and Crew: David Alan Grier  Actor 
Malcolm Stewart  Actor 
Robin Driscoll  Actor 
Adam Hann-Byrd  Actor 
Lloyd Berry  Actor 
Laura Bell Bundy  Actor 
Gillian Barber  Actor 
Darryl Henriques  Actor 
Patricia Clarkson  Actor 
James Handy  Actor 
Peter Bryant  Actor 
Robert W. Cort  Executive Producer 
Ted Field  Executive Producer 
James Horner  Composer (Music Score) 
Joe Johnston  Director 
Joe Johnston  Producer 
Scott Kroopf  Producer 
Jim Strain  Screenwriter 
Greg Taylor  Screenwriter 
Jonathan Hensleigh  Screenwriter 
William Teitler  Producer 
Chris Van Allsburg  Screenwriter 
Scott Kroope  Producer 
Larry Franco  Executive Producer 
Robin Williams  Actor 
Bonnie Hunt  Actor 
Kirsten Dunst  Actor 
Bradley Pierce  Actor 
Bebe Neuwirth  Actor 
Jonathan Hyde  Actor 

Country: USA