Black is fully committed as a teen girl whining about her missing iPhone, and as aptly as he mimics that type, the character’s whole schtick – a hairy middle-aged man acting effeminate and drooling over hot guys – closely rides the line of transphobia and homophobia. The material itself, and Black’s performance, aren’t necessarily offensive, but they operate under the (false) assumption that seeing a masculine-looking person behaving femininely and sexualizing other men should induce shock and laughter. While there are some charismatic moments from each, the fun of the body-swapping quickly fades, and the remainder of the movie recycles the same jokes. Hart is doing his usual comic routine of jokes about his stature, so if you’re a fan of his you’ll probably enjoy it if not, it gets aggravating real quick. Gillan is charming as she channels the mind of a self-conscious girl learning to find confidence, and she shares some sweetly empowering moments with Black’s Bethany.
The reserved Martha (Morgan Turner) is placed into the crop top-wearing body of Karen Gillan’s Ruby Roundhouse, nicknamed “Killer of Men.” And the biggest gimmick comes with Jack Black, portraying snobby teenage girl Bethany (Madison Iseman), known in the game as the bearded Shelly Oberon. Smolder Bravestone, leader of the group. The towering footballer Fridge (Ser’Darius Blain) gets his height, and ego, chopped down in the short body of Kevin Hart’s Franklin “Moose” Finbar, Bravestone’s sidekick. Once inside the game, the foursome learn Jumanji’s fate is at stake – Bobby Cannavale plays a goofy bad guy vying for a magic stone to control the jungle – and that they have to save the tropical world in order to get back to their own. But Welcome to the Jungle is less interested in the actual game of Jumanji and more concerned with the body-swap gimmick. The whole conceit of the film is placing teens in unlikely adult avatars. Spencer (played as a teen by Alex Wolff) is the timid nerd plopped into the chiseled body of Dwayne Johnson’s Dr.
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