{"id":8114,"date":"2019-12-13T16:49:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T21:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=8114"},"modified":"2019-12-13T16:49:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T21:49:19","slug":"review-jumanji-the-next-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=8114","title":{"rendered":"Review: JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sequel delivers amusement park entertainment<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cJumanji: The Next Level\u201d is the type of \u201ctheme park film\u201d that director Martin Scorsese complained about earlier this year. It\u2019s a rollicking good time, for sure, but it doesn\u2019t add up to much. Enjoy the ride with the kiddies on Saturday night and then atone for your sins by spending Sunday afternoon with a pot of coffee watching Scorsese\u2019s thoughtful, mob epic \u201cThe Irishman\u201d on Netflix.

\u201cThe Next Level\u201d ain\u2019t gonna make no \u201cbest of\u201d lists. But with its constant stream of punchlines, sweeping computer-generated action sequences, and cheap sentimentality, this is a film ideally suited for today\u2019s exaggerated movie-going experience.

As the buckets of popcorn get bigger along with ever-expanding screens and plush recliner seating, audiences expect to be entertained not challenged. These days, save the thinking for the streaming platforms. At the metroplex, we want the amusement park treatment. Scorsese and something called \u201ccinema\u201d be damned!

\u201cThe Next Level\u201d is the sequel to 2017\u2019s \u201cJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.\u201d \u201cJungle\u201d was itself a reboot of 1995\u2019s much loved \u201cJumanji.\u201d Few could have predicted \u201cJungle\u2019s\u201d exponential success, but its cumulative gross was nearly a billion dollars. Naturally, a franchise was born. And arty cynicism aside, we get a solid sequel.

Read Jonathan’s complete review online and in print in the Times-Herald: https:\/\/newnan.com\/2019\/12\/13\/jumanji-sequel-delivers-amusement-park-entertainment\/<\/a>

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The amusement park comes to the metroplex with yet another sequel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[236,207,1004,1856,1855,846],"class_list":["post-8114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-action","tag-dwayne-johnson","tag-family-movie","tag-jack-black","tag-jumanji","tag-kevin-hart","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8114"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8118,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8114\/revisions\/8118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}