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Zathura Reviews

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Movie Info

Genre :

Action, Fantasy

Release Date :

November 11, 2005

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Jon Favreau

Starring :

Tim Robbins, Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Derek Mears, Douglas Tait

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 5

“..younger ones will just enjoy it for the sense of adventure..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
2.5 of 4

“..ultimately more exhausting than engaging..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
“..is full of nonsense physics and missed opportunities..”
by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly]
4 of 5

“..a zippy trip for the entire family..”
by Gerry Shamray [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
2 of 4

“..a tick better than the movie version of "Jumanji,"..”
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
3.5 of 4

“..a terrific holiday film..”
by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
4.5 of 5

“..a stellar fantasy that faces down childhood anxieties with feet-on-the-ground maturity..”
by Scott Brown [Entertainment Weekly]
3.5 of 5

“..a sporadically engaging fable about becoming a man by taking chances and playing fair..”
by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
3 of 4

“..a pleasant contrast to the nauseating dreck that normally masquerades as family-friendly science fiction..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
8 of 10

“..a great sci-fi film and a movie that both kids and adults can enjoy..”
by Scott Chitwood [Comingsoon]
“..a family film that even childless adults can enjoy..”
by John DeFore [The Hollywood Reporter]
4.5 of 5
Reviewed by Nancy Churnin [The Dallas Morning News]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Winda Benedetti [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Scott Weinberg [EFilmCritic]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Pete Vonder Haar [Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Marjorie Baumgarten [Austin Chronicle]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Matt Caracappa [Boxoffice Magazine]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
3 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Gene Seymour [Newsday]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [New York Daily News]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Piet Levy [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Tom Meek [The Boston Phoenix]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
1.5 of 5
Reviewed by David Levine [Filmcritic]
Reviewed by Ken Eisner [Georgia Straight]

Reader's Reviews

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dis film is da best!

posted by woooo on Dec 28, 2008

Walter is so sexy

posted by bakekok on Jul 12, 2009

interesting, jon favreau directed this!

posted by rdog on Oct 17, 2009
 
 

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