Children of the Corn 4: The Gathering (1996)
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All the kids in a town over night become feverish and have convulsions. The next day they start to...
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The Outfit (1973)
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The Scorpion King 2: Rise Of A Warrior (2008)
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In Ancient Akkad, Mathayus grows up as the proud son of Ashur, a captain in the world-renowned...
Simple Fare: Fall and Winter
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The second book in the seasonal cooking series by Karen Mordechai of Sunday Suppers, Simple Fare:...
Moon Living Abroad London
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Writer and adoptive Londoner Karen White knows what it takes to make the move to London. In Moon...
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Gareth von Kallenbach (965 KP) rated Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) in Movies
Jul 11, 2019
The film sets up and explains the rules of the world of Jumanji, every step of the way. It does not take itself too serious. It realizes the audience is there to have a laugh and it surprisingly tells a coherent story. As a result, are able to enjoy ourselves through the spectacle, without questions or consequence…because hey, it’s a family fun movie after all and it is not trying to be anything else.
Each of the high school characters grow as they get an opportunity to walk in the shoes of someone that is the complete opposite of themselves. Whether it’s the “nerd” (Alex Wolff) gaining confidence by becoming the “physical specimen explorer with no weakness” (Dwayne Johnson), the “jock” (Ser’Darius Blain) becoming the “puny zoologist with no strengths” (Kevin Heart) and thus learning what it is like to be weak, the “self-centered popular girl stuck on her phone” (Madison Iseman) learning to judge less and like physical activity by becoming an “overweight middle aged man,” (Jack Black) and the “loner nerd girl” (Morgan Turner) gaining confidence in her womanhood by becoming the “hot girl,” (Karen Gillan). Each of these roles is acted well by both sets of actors, which helps create jokes, humorous experiences and makes them likeable.
Overall, Jumanji, Welcome to the Jungle delivers exactly what it is trying to be. Fun!
