I was probably about twenty minutes into it when I realized Kirsten Dunst was there, keeping her frightened younger brother "Peter" (Bradley Pierce) company as they stumbled upon a rather fancy-looking board game in their new house. We’re told this place used to belong to the “Parrish” family and that playing the same game, twenty-five years prior, young “Alan” had an accident which created a mystery that still linge…

I was only about twenty minutes into watching when it struck me – it was Kirsten Dunst playing the older sibling, keeping her frightened younger brother "Peter" (Bradley Pierce) close as they find an unusually stylish board game in their new house. We’re told this place used to belong to the “Parrish” family and that a generation earlier, young “Alan” had an accident while playing the same game, creating a mystery th…

This film gets its humor from Robin Williams’ performance; it's hard to imagine it working at all if he weren't in it.

Joe Johnston directed Jumanji, adapting Chris Van Allsburg’s short story of the same name. The movie features Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, and Jonathan Hyde, and centers on a strange board game that releases jungle dangers with each roll of the dice. Players must complete the game to restore order. Critics at the time described the plot as straightforward and suggested it seemed desi…