Review of Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005) by Chads. — 31 Dec 2005
When the eight-year-old kid calls his older brother a "d---", it's your right to be offended that such phallic slang should be uttered in a family film, or you can take it as a homage to "E.
T." when Elliot calls his brother "penis breath". And since screenwriter David Koepp has collaborated with Spielberg on "Jurassic Park", "The Lost World", & "War of the Worlds", the seemingly anachoristic word might be the case of a scribe chiding his boss for excising "penis breath" from the special edition of "E.
T." As the older sister, Kristen Stewart is not an adolescent who's desexualized and Disney-fied, which adds a little realism to counterbalance the preposterous notion that a house can fly. The referencing of a Catherine Hardwicke film is a funny aside Jon Favreau might've written-in to remind people that he used to be an indie guy.
"Zathura" is watchable, largely because the actors aren't overwhelmed by special effects, but it would've been more fun to see Stewart "hook-up".
This review of Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005) was written by Chads. on 31 Dec 2005.
Zathura: A Space Adventure has generally received positive reviews.
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