Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, Bobby Cannavale, Alex Wolff
OUR RATING: ★★★½
Story:
Fantasy adventure sequel directed by Jake Kasdan. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle follows four high school kids who, while on detention cleaning out their school’s basement, discover an old video game of Jumanji and get sucked into its jungle setting. To survive, they’ll play as characters from the game, Spencer (Alex Wolff) becomes brave explorer Dr. Smolder Bravestone (Dwayne Johnson), Fridge (Ser’Darius Blain) becomes the genius Mouse Finbar (Kevin Hart), Bethany (Madison Iseman) becomes Professor Shelly Oberon (Jack Black), and Martha (Morgan Turner) becomes the warrior, Ruby Roundhouse (Karen Gillan). To beat the game and return to the real world, they’ll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves, or they’ll be stuck in the game forever.
Best Quotes
Principal Bentley: Well, this is a fun group. Welcome to detention. Spencer, Bethany, Fridge, Martha, you’re all here for a reason. You should be thinking about who you are and who you want to be. Fortunately, you’ll have plenty of time to figure that out while you’re cleaning out the basement.
Bethany: That sucks.
Martha: Are you going to help or are you too pretty?
Bethany: I’m too pretty.
Fridge: [referring to the vintage video game console] Yoh, hey, Spencer, what’s this?
Spencer: [reading from the screen] A game for those who seek to find a way to leave their world behind: Jumanji.
Fridge: What are those?
Spencer: Avatar names, so you pick a character and then you’re that person in the game.
Fridge: Which one do I pick?
Spencer: I don’t think it matters that much. Should we play?
Fridge: Mouse Finbar, sounds like a bada**.
Bethany: I’ll be the curvy genius.
Spencer: Dr. Smolder Bravestone.
Martha: I guess I’m Ruby Roundhouse.
Spencer: Jumanji: pick a character and then you’re that person in the game.
Fridge: Bethany, are you in?
Bethany: I don’t spend my life staring at a TV screen. Fine.
[suddenly Spencer gets sucked into the game]
Bethany: Oh, my God!
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: [as they’re are sucked into the game and become their avatars] Where’s my hair?
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Where’s the rest of me?
Ruby Roundhouse: Oh, my God. We’re in different people’s bodies!
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Who are you?
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: Who are you?
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Who is she?
Ruby Roundhouse: Who are you guys?
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Okay, what in the hell is…
[just then Oberon lands on Mouse]
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: Oi vey.
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Where’s the rest of me?
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: Oh, my God. Fridge?
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Yeah, I’m Fridge. Who are you?
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: It’s me, Spencer.
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Who is she?
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: Martha?
Ruby Roundhouse: Yeah. Why am I wearing half a shirt and short shorts in the jungle?
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: I think we got sucked into Jumanji and we’ve all become the avatars we chose.
Professor Shelly Oberon: So that means I’m…
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: Bethany?
Professor Shelly Oberon: Oh…
[he rushes over to the river to look at his reflection in the water]
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Bethany. Bethany! Don’t look at it!
Professor Shelly Oberon: Nooo! I’m an overweight middle-aged man. Wait a second, where’s my phone?
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: I don’t have my inhaler, and all I see around here is pollen!
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Well I don’t have the top two feet of my body!
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: I think we’ve become the avatars we chose.
Professor Shelly Oberon: This can’t actually be happening.
Professor Shelly Oberon: Maybe we’re all in a coma.
Ruby Roundhouse: What?
Professor Shelly Oberon: That old game machine must have electrocuted us and now we’re…
[suddenly a massive hippopotamus grabs him in its mouth]
Professor Shelly Oberon: Oh, my God!
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: You better get in there and save her.
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: I am not going to get in there! You get in there!
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Yeah, I got a backpack on! You don’t get in the water with a backpack, everybody knows that.
Ruby Roundhouse: [after the hippo spits Oberon out of its mouth] Are you okay?
Professor Shelly Oberon: I’m still an old fat guy, right?
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: I’m afraid so.
Nigel: Welcome to Jumaji!
Ruby Roundhouse: Guys, how are we going to get home?
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: This is a video game, which means we each have three lives.
Alex: I’m Alex. Watch your step in here. So gnarly.
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: We can help each other. We all have special skills.
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: [looking at his avatar’s strengths] Strengths, fearless, speed, smoldering intensity.
Professor Shelly Oberon: [referring to Smolder] Damn, that is a man right there.
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: [to himself] Don’t cry, don’t cry. Don’t cry, it’s going to be okay.
Ruby Roundhouse: Alright. Alright.
Professor Shelly Oberon: I can’t help it.
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: This is a video game, which means we all have special skills.
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: [looking at his avatar’s weaknesses] Weakness, none?
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: I hate this game, everybody else got the good stuff!
Ruby Roundhouse: [reading Mouse’s weaknesses] Weakness, cake.
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Yes, cake is my weakness.
Ruby Roundhouse: You’re a good weapon’s valet.
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: What is that?
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: I think it means you carry my weapons and give them to me when I tell you to.
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: Everybody run!
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Why am I running so slow?
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: I have to warn you, I think I’m a very strong puncher.
Ruby Roundhouse: [as they watch Smolder punch people] Wow.
Professor Shelly Oberon: He’s so good at that.
Ruby Roundhouse: If we don’t want to get stuck in Jumaji we have to help each other.
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: I’m going to let this new body get your butt whopped.
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: I’d like to see you try.
[he slaps Smolder, which does nothing to him, Smolder then hits Mouse who gets thrown against the rocks]
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Ow! What the hell?!
Professor Shelly Oberon: That was so intense, I like can’t even with this place.
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: We have to work together.
Professor Shelly Oberon: I think it’s a staring contest.
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: Who’s good at staring and not blinking?
Professor Shelly Oberon: I’m amazing at it.
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: We got to go, get on my back!
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Hell, no!
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: I’ll carry you, come on!
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: I would rather die.
Dr. Smolder Bravestone: Get on my back!
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Nope, I’m going to die.
Bazaar Vendor: [referring to what Mouse has just eaten] Pound cake.
Ruby Roundhouse: Cake, isn’t that your weakness?
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Is something happening to me?
[Ruby shakes her head]
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Am I shaking? Am I still black?
Ruby Roundhouse: Yes.
Franklin “Mouse” Finbar: Okay, we’re fine. Everybody’s fine. It’s all good.
[he suddenly explodes]
Trailer:
When it says “I don’t have my clarinet, and all I see around here is pollen!” It isn’t supposed to say clarinet. Its supposed to be inhaler.
Thanks for pointing out the error. We’ve updated it now to show the correct word. Please do let us know if you spot any other mistakes on the site, we always appreciate it.
Claritin