Film Review: Goosebumps

 Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Cert: PG

Director: Rob Letterman

Screen writer: Darren Lemke (screenplay) Scott Alexander (story) & Larry Karaszewski (story)

R.L. Stine ("Goosebumps" books)

Starring: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette , Odeya Rush , Ryan Lee , Amy Ryan , Jillian Bell , Ken Marino , Halston Sage , Steven Krueger , Keith Arthur Bolden , Amanda Lund , Timothy Simons , Karan Soni , R.L. Stine , Caleb Emery . 

Running time: 1h 43 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: no sex or nudity, some references (supposedly humorous)

Violence & Gore: scary monsters and violence

Profanity: none

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: reference to drugs

Frightening/Intense Scenes:  Some scene maybe frighting for younger viewers so viewers discretion is advised

Story: Upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah (Odeya Rush), living right next door. But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach's comes when he learns that Hannah has a mysterious dad who is revealed to be R. L. Stine (Jack Black), the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. It turns out that there is a reason why Stine is so strange... he is a prisoner of his own imagination - the monsters that his books made famous are real, and Stine protects his readers by keeping them locked up in their books. When Zach unintentionally unleashes the monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it's suddenly up to Stine, Zach, Hannah, and Zach's friend Champ (Ryan Lee) to get all of them back in the books where they belong.

Likes : Goosebumps is a 2015 American 3D live-action/computer-animated horror comedy film based on the children's book series of the same name by R. L. Stine. It was directed by Rob Letterman, and written by Darren Lemke, from a story by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. The film stars Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Amy Ryan, Ryan Lee, Jillian Bell, and Halston Sage.

Financed by Sony, LStar Capital, and Village Roadshow Pictures, it was produced by Original Film and Scholastic Entertainment, and was released on October 16, 2015 by Sony Pictures Entertainment, under its Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation labels. Goosebumps received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $119 million on a $58 million budget.

I have never had the pleasure of read a goosebumps book as it an american thing, so i can't review this based of the book because i have no idea how close this film is to the books, so im gonna review this film just on my observation.

Surprisingly most family film's are generic all the same type of themes, but this actually peek my interest in want to know what goosebumps is all about, im pleasantly surprised that this film is actually entertaining although weird i can easily follow the story without having to look up information on what going on.

This film reminds me of jumanji , zathura  in curtain ways but in book form, ya your think well this is just the same concept, well yes in theory it is but the concept is different, see jumanji is based on a jungle game, zathura is based on a sc-fi game, Goosebumps is based of horror books, this is where this holds it own.

he visual effect are stunning bring to life the creature from every horror story, i like the concept of the main villain of the story, gave it a very unique concept that was kind of creepy but was perfect for the theme of the film. The actors do a decent job throughout, i wasn't really a big fan of Jack black as i find his acting is a little over the top, but he really excels as R.L. Stine. Aside from him, the main cast is made up of relative unknowns, however they do an adequate job.

This is a great family film although parents should be advised that some scene maybe frightening for some younger viewer, as most of the monster do look frightening, this may give kids nightmares, but that dont to parent discretion with viewing this film.

Dislikes : i dont know if this was close to the actual material of the books so that down to those that do to make that opinion, but i didn't see anything wrong with this film.

Overall : Great concept, good family entertainment, great visual effect.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 8 out of 10 for concept.