2005年11月10日 · “Zathura” lacks the undercurrents of archetypal menace and genuine emotion that informed “The Polar Express,” a true classic that is being re-released again this year. But it works gloriously as space opera.

2005年11月11日 · Based on the best-selling book by the acclaimed children's writer Chris Van Allsburg ("The Polar Express," "Jumanji"), Zathura is a heart-racing sci-fi adventure about two squabbling brothers who are propelled into deepest, darkest space while playing a mysterious game they discovered in the basement of their old house.

Sci-fi adventure has salty language, peril, violence. Read Common Sense Media's Zathura: A Space Adventure review, age rating, and parents guide.

Though many millennials may not have even heard of the film, Zathura is a classic family adventure film that deserves much better than the poor critical reception and box office receipts it...

"Zathura", a movie about a game in which you actually experience what the cards read, had "Jumanji" written all over it. There were some subtle differences: the setting was in space and the incidents that occurred to the children was based upon the card they pulled.

Danny and his older brother, Walter (a fourth-grader), can’t stand each other, you see, and the Zathura game seems to know just what they need to shape up and fly right: a trip into outer space. And so it happens.

Its unwieldy title notwithstanding, Zathura: A Space Adventure is arguably the best adaptation of a Chris Van Allsburg book to date. Neither pandering nor dull, Zathura plays exactly like a no-limits replica of the kind of space adventure that imaginative kids left to their own devices might enact.

2021年2月3日 · Only this time instead of bringing the African jungle to the suburbs of Brantford, New Hampshire, Zathura – a delightfully retro rocket-themed game – takes Walter and Danny’s house into outer space.

2005年11月10日 · Zathura is well directed, acted, and written, and is bolstered by a light tone which emphasizes wonder and amazement over shock and awe. That it is better than Jumanji doesn't alone...