Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Family FavoritePG-13

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

The game has evolved.

2017 • 119 min • Adventure · Comedy · Fantasy · Action

Synopsis

Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars. They’ll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever!

Our family guide

Best from age 10
81
Movie Knight Score
14678 reviews
  • 86 Reviewers · 7 · 72%
  • 68 Audience · 14671 · 28%

Four teens are sucked into a video game world where they embody their avatars to complete a dangerous quest. They must learn to work together and overcome jungle perils to escape Jumanji.

Violence & peril
5/10
Language
3/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
1/10
Romance & sensuality
2/10
Scary moments
4/10

Heads up

  • Some characters "die" in the game and respawn
  • Brief kissing and implied romance
  • Some crude humor and mild language

What it models well

  • Teamwork and cooperation
  • Self-acceptance and growth
  • Overcoming challenges

Talk about it after

  • Stereotypes and assumptions about people
  • The importance of embracing differences
  • Consequences of actions in real life vs. games

Written by the Movie Knight editorial team for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Our own words, our own scoring — always double-check against your family's standards.

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Top billed cast

Director: Jake Kasdan • Crew: Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner

Trailers & clips

Saving Jumanji Scene

I'm Into You Scene

CPR Excitement Scene

Run, Fridge, Run Scene

Helicopter Rhino Chase Scene

Dance Fighting Scene

How to Be Sexy Scene

Learning to Pee Scene

Reviewer notes

Recommended

Love this movie. Better then the original. Honestly this would be fun to do for real. It would be the ultimate gaming experience. The movie is so hilarious.

Recommended

**Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle surprisingly exceeds the original and all expectations as one of the best, funniest, and most entertaining sequels of all time.** The sequel no one saw coming or expected to light up the box office as it did! Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a fun adventure film with hilarious characters that works in every way.…

Recommended

***Entertaining adventure/fantasy with a little welcome depth*** Four high school teens in Atlanta – a nerd (Alex Wolff), a muscular football player (Ser'Darius Blain), a shallow “hot blonde” (Madison Iseman) and a brainy, demure redhead (Morgan Turner) – get sucked into a video game and find themselves as avatars – a brawny explorer (Dwayne Johnson), his diminutive zoological sidekick (Kevin Hart), a cartologist / p…

Recommended

Eh. This was so-so. I like the rock so ill give this a 6 out of 10. The original was WAYYYYY better.

Not recommended

The effects have improved (as you'd hope they would over the course of 22 years), but _Welcome to the Jungle_ didn't really do much for me. It completely lacks the charm of the original movie, but also the worldly scope of the animated series.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

**The 90's Game is back and got even more adventurous !!** When four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they've never heard of, they are immediately thrust into the game's jungle setting, into the bodies of their avatars, played by Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji -Jumanji plays you.…

Recommended

Previous 2 parts were much better story wise, however effects are good in this part.

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Details

TMDB audience
6.8/10 (14,671)
Age rating
PG-13
Status
Released
Budget
$90,000,000
Box office
$995,339,117
Franchise
Jumanji Collection

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