Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

...one of the most fun movie-going experiences I’ve had this year.

...the actors are likable, the film doesn’t have a cruel thought in its head, and the sentimental finale feels earned.

...is a big, brash, amiable entertainment with something of Indiana Jones, plus the body-swap comedy of Freaky Friday, or F Anstey’s Victorian classic Vice Versa.

A consistently inventive and chucklesome reinvention of the Jumanji concept. Okay, so it coasts on the charm of its lead quartet, but when there’s this much charm, that’s no bad thing.

...hyperactive, dopey, and hammered into shape like a Hollywood sitcom – it’s a passable school holiday jaunt.

This game is on rails, but it's a heck of a lot of fun. Kasdan injects this all with vigor and breezy humor