# Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

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**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Science Fiction, Adventure, Family
**Directed by**: Jon Favreau
**Written by**: David Koepp, John Kamps
**Starring**: Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins, Frank Oz

> *Adventure is waiting.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A board game turns a basement into a launchpad. Two brothers and a skeptical teen sister discover Zathura’s cosmic cheat codes after their house is reassigned to low orbit. The universe needed a babysitter, and the universe got one.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 6.3/10 (122567 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 77% · Metacritic 67/100

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