Le aspettative non erano certo altissime: dato il precedente, Jumanji – Benvenuti nella giungla preoccupava tutti i fan del classico con Robin Williams, datato 1995. A quanto pare, però, il sequel di Jake Kasdan (interpretato da Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart e Karen Gillan) è stato accolto positivamente dalla stampa americana; la quale giudica sorprendente in particolar modo la prova di Black e definisce il film molto divertente.

Ecco alcuni commenti direttamente da Twitter:

“Happy to say that I was pleasantly surprised by Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle. It’s fun and funny in equal measure, and makes smart use of its great stars. Not much of a universe-builder for a fantasy sequel, but definitely a reinvention that works.” (Eric Eisenberg)

“Now that the social embargo for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is up, I will say that Jack Black’s performance is perfection personified and deserves 12 Oscars.” (Rebecca Pahle)

“Was expecting the worst but have to admit the new #JUMANJI movie is a lot of fun. I’d even say it is one of the best “video game movies” ever made, maybe under only King of Kong, Scott Pilgrim, Edge of Tomorrow & Wreck It Ralph (none of which are adaptations).” (Peter Sciretta)

Il film uscirà nelle sale il 1 gennaio 2018.