The movie follows the story of two siblings, Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter Shepherd (Bradley Pierce), who find an old board game called Jumanji in the attic of their new home. Unbeknownst to them, the game has been cursed, and when they start playing it, a man named Alan Parrish (Robin Williams) is released from the game, who has been trapped inside for 26 years.