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Siblings Relations Space Travel Space and Aliens Young Heroes Getting Home Heroes Hopes Youth more...
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Adventure Family Fantasy Sci-Fi
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Contemporary 21st Century
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Outer Space
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Family Outing
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Critically Acclaimed
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Zathura, 2005

Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo

Directed by: Jon Favreau

Written by: Chris Van Allsburg

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 113 min

MPAA Rating: PG

Rating:6.2

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Zathura can be described as exciting, suspenseful, and humorous. The plot revolves around space travel, space and aliens, and sibling relations. The main genres are adventure, family, and fantasy. In approach, Zathura is fantastical. It takes place in contemporary times. It is based on a book. Zathura has received attention for being critically acclaimed. It is well suited for a family outing.

Summary of Zathura

Actor-turned-director Jon Favreau (SWINGERS, ELF) delivers another work of intelligent, charming family fare with this space adventure, based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg (JUMANJI). Older brother Walter (Josh Hutcherson) and the younger Danny (Jonah Bobo) are constantly at war with one another, bickering over the mediating voice of their long-suffering father (Tim Robbins). When he has to go to the office to replace some papers the boys destroyed in their crossfire, he leaves them in the dubious care of older sister Lisa (Kristen Stewart), who is sleeping upstairs. When Danny discovers an old board game called Zathura stored in the basement, his excitement is lost on Walter, who has no time for such old, boring toys. Soon, however, the game becomes impossible to ignore, as the boys are transported into space, and one of them must win in order to make it home again. Each turn brings a new, often dangerous, surprise, and the boys are faced with a murderous robot, an explosive meteor shower, and lizard-like aliens, while poor Lisa is cryogenically frozen early in the game. The adventure yields some heartwarming, family-friendly life lessons, and Dax Shepard (IDIOCRACY) is unusually subdued in his role as a stranded astronaut.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	8 November 2005
Runtime:	113 min

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Josh Hutcherson

as Walter

Jonah Bobo

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Zathura involves a lot of yelling, a lot of explosions and a lot of flying objects -- but what else would you expect from a movie that is, honestly for a change, intended for 10-year-old boys? Full Review

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by: Liam Lacey

Entertainment Weekly

Zathura is a rarity: a stellar fantasy that faces down childhood anxieties with feet-on-the-ground maturity. Full Review

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by: Scott Brown

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I rented this for my 5 year old son because he loved the book so much. He was really into the movie up until the part with the lizard aliens. The scared the holy heck out of him. Up until this point there were some tense moments to be sure, but this... Read and rate it

27.September.2010
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by: gimpyestrada
gimpyestrada rated this movie0/10

I loved Jumanji and when I heard that this movie was made by the writer of Jumanji (and alot like it), I was really excited. In it's own right, this is a great movie with great values that are taught to kids. It's made obvious in this movie that... Read and rate it

07.October.2009
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by: Petri33
Petri33 rated this movie0/10

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