Product: Jumanji [VHS] (1995)
Rating: 3.0
much better than the board game
Jumanji isn't bad as far as board game movie adaptations go. Not quite as transcendent as Clue but much better than the overwrought Scrabble: The Movie. Director Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer) does a nice job intertwining the non-stop action of, say, Hungry Hungry Hippos or Candyland, with the riveting suspense of Uno, humor of Pictionary, and the tales of love and betrayel of Sorry. Now, if only they'd adapt Guess Who, my world would be complete. Three billion thumbs up.