ZathuraSynopsis and Overview

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  • Zathura
  • Opened November 11, 2005 | Runtime:1 hr. 35 min.
  • PG
    fantasy action and peril, and some language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 8+. Read More
  • Two brothers discover an abandoned board game. After they open it, a small green card pops up warning the boys of a meteor attack. They're soon in for the adventure of a lifetime, trying to find their way home from deep in outer space.
  • Cast: Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins, Frank Oz
  • Director: Jon Favreau
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Zathura Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    One of the best children's adventure stories of our playful minds

    I think it contained great acting of excitement for such young actors and a sound playwright.

  • So-so

    not best

    by glxy

    not the best but just good enough for a soso

  • Must Go!

    it was great

    it actually shows wat kind of personalities we all have we get in fights but yet we all love one another i thought it was rlly good.

Zathura Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Scott Brown

    Zathura is a rarity: a stellar fantasy that faces down childhood anxieties with...

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe Stein

    The movie harks back to a time before state-of-the-art technology when writers...

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    It works gloriously as space opera.

  • 70
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    This handmade feel gives Zathura an appealing, childlike sense of wonder, an...

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