Movie Review: Jumanji.

Movie Title: Jumanji. Fantasy-Adventure. Rated PG. Based on a children's book written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg.

The movie starts off centuries ago with two boys burying a locked box. It contains something that should never see the light of day. Fast forward to1969. A boy named Allen Parish finds the locked box in a construction site. It contains a board game. Allen and a girl he goes to school with start playing the game at his house. Allen rolls the dice and is soon sucked into the game. His friend runs away scared. Fast forward again to 1995. An aunt and her niece, Judy, and nephew, Peter, move into Allan's old home. Peter and Judy (Kristen Dunst) find the magical board game and start playing. When they role the dice a strange thing happens. They meet Allen Parish (Robin Williams) who got trapped in the game 26 years earlier. He's all grown up and a jungle man to boot. Joined by Allen's girl friend, who he played the game with a long time ago, the four of them set off to finish the game. Whenever they roll the dice something from the game magically appears. They have run-ins with rhinoceros, a herd of elephants, huge spiders, annoying monkeys, crocodiles and a hunter who's after Allen's hide. The foursome also brave a monsoon, an earthquake, and quicksand. This is a great adventure movie. I loved it.