able-lili Bad casting, lack of chemistry among the 'actors' made an interesting plot sound like a screeching chalk that never ends. The premise of two kids siblings fighting is not new, but at least make one of them sympathetic. The younger kid is a disaster at all levels. That character was not made for the actor who plays it. The astronaut is overplayed, and lacks charm or chemistry with any of the other players. The worse part about it, I kept watching it, trying to see if by a miracle this got better... and it didn't. The Outer Space Animations were spot on. THOSE deserved a better movie to be on.

vsd324 If you liked the movie "Jumanji" (1995), then you will like this movie. Based on the children's book "Zathura" written by Chris Van Allsberg, the same author as the children's book "Jumanji", this movie has the same premise as the movie "Jumanji" in which children begin playing a board game, where the actions called upon by the game occur in real life. The main difference is that in this movie the game lands the children in outer space. This movie additionally focuses strongly on the theme of sibling rivalries and brotherhood. A simple movie, but fun nonetheless.

WakenPayne Okay so I decided to sit down and watch this because... It was on TV and MirrorMask would play next. When I did sit down to watch it what I got was probably one of the dumbest family films I've ever seen (I say "one of the" because the animated Titanic movies exist).The plot is that 2 kids sit down and play a magic board game while their father is out and their older sister watches them. They play through together with the help of a stranded astronaut who has played the game before and their older sister.Okay down to my complaints. The dialogue is some of the laziest I've ever heard. Lines dominate the movie which tell us exactly what's going on screen. Why did they say it? I mean it's like the screenwriter thought that nobody would pay attention to what's going on and just added in the lines to recap "okay, this is what's going on, are you looking at the screen yet?".The acting is bad. I mean when one of the best performances in the movie is Kirsten Stewart then you have some spectacularly bad problems with casting. I'm not kidding when I type this either, she goes over-the-top in a way that could be laughed at.Then there's the drags to the film. There's a simple scene where the 2 bad acting kids resume playing the game, okay seems simple enough. They drag this for what feels like an eternity showing them arguing while the astronaut calms them down... For about 5 seconds, as they continue dragging the film to yet another complete halt. The worst of them being the 20 minutes of them trying to get the game board from an alien race.The story arc of Walter is rushed to an extent where it's almost literally blink and you'll miss it. The story arc consists of him not liking his brother and the astronaut for less than 10 seconds explains why they should value each other and... That's it, the entire movie from the perspective of this kid is changed literally within moments.So this movie has a lot of things wrong with it. I mean the acting aside from the astronaut ranges from "not caring" to "over the top", The constant detours drag this film heavily, the story arcs are literally blink and you'll miss it and the dialogue is not needed to an extent that you can cut out half of it and you'll miss nothing.

SmileysWorld A board game comes to life.A home becomes a spaceship.All intriguing ideas for a film.I like the whole idea of a retro board game with such a power as to put it's participants in a very real situation.The special effects are top notch,the story is very captivating,and one can watch with the family without having to worry about a lot of bad language (although there is some),or extreme violence.It's strong point is it's story.It provides edge of your seat type thrills and also teaches a valuable lesson about family and how important it is to get along and love one another while still young.Highly recommended family viewing.