Zathura (2005)

Two young brothers are drawn into intergalactic adventure when their house is magically transported into space by consequence of Zathura, a board game they're playing.

There are asteroids, spaceships, robots, aliens and Dax Shepard as the heroic Astronaut.

I stumbled across this family film on TV one afternoon, knowing nothing at all about it, and found it quite entertaining.  Perhaps a little bit more than the kids I was watching it with did

There is a lovely 1950's retro design to the sci-fi elements which ties in to the fact that the Zathura board game is found in the basement, a lost toy from a previous generation.  And where possible the special effects are practical and not computer generated which give it an old fashioned; 1970's look from my own childhood.

The film wasn't a big hit and got very mixed reviews but I, for any number of different reasons, recommend it to any.


Steve