Review of Jumanji (1995) by Mira B — 04 Feb 2011

The story of a young boy called Alan Parish who finds a board game, JUMANJI. Showing the game to his best friend Sarah, they become enthralled in the game's seemingly magical powers. Its pieces move by themselves. Words appear in a crystal at the centre. And things have a tendency to come out of it when they roll the dice. Things take a nasty turn when Alan rolls a 5, the game pulls him into it, where he remains trapped for 26 years.

We flash forward twenty years where a new family have moved into Alan's home, Judy (Kirsten Dunst), Peter, and their aunt Nora. The game calls to them as it did Alan and Sarah, and they end up releasing giant mosquitoes, a group of mischievous monkeys, a ferocious lion, and a fully grown Alan Parrish (Robin Williams).

The kids and Alan must complete the game to restore everything but with every throw of the dice more horrors await.