Tetris

Apple TV+ | Release Date: March 24, 2023

7.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 106 Ratings

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theTRUTHsonApr 1, 2023

Boring, too long, too many names to remember, too compicated. Better to just watch a YouTube video on the history of Tetris, with actual facts, photos etc. instead of "based on true events". A 5/10 and I'm being generous.

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JLuis_001Mar 31, 2023

I seem to recall that I haven't played a game of Tetris in the last 18 years, and what I knew of its conception was sparse in more ways than one, so part of me thought it might be interesting to see what a movie on the subject could offer.I seem to recall that I haven't played a game of Tetris in the last 18 years, and what I knew of its conception was sparse in more ways than one, so part of me thought it might be interesting to see what a movie on the subject could offer. But as it turns out, one huge problem got in the way, and that was the unfortunate eagerness of its creators to turn that story into something akin to The Social Network.

And why is this a problem? Quite simply. Tetris is a film that aims to create an intricate story about something that was actually simple, and this carries with it problematic and questionable baggage when you begin to realize that the events unfolding on screen simply don't have that level of momentum, drama and tension to sustain that kind of narrative approach.
Over-embellishing a ''real'' story carries considerable risks when you fail to make it as grandiose as you seem to propose.

Taron Egerton, who is pretty much the best thing about the film, carries the weight of the lead role quite well, but you have to recognize the limits of the script he was given.

Tetris is viable enough for you to check it out this weekend and forget it as quickly as you forgot the game. That is, if you're not a big fan of it.

I mean I've seen more marketing for the Kpop group that has a song on the soundtrack than the movie itself, so obviously this is nothing more than catalog filler. Not badly made I say, but remarkably expendable.… Expand

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Mauro_LanariApr 4, 2023

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In the previous "Stan & Ollie" (2018), Jon S. Baird had demonstrated his own skill in outlining an autobiographical buddy movie. This time the real story between the two founders of "The Tetris Company" (visible during a(Mauro Lanari)
In the previous "Stan & Ollie" (2018), Jon S. Baird had demonstrated his own skill in outlining an autobiographical buddy movie. This time the real story between the two founders of "The Tetris Company" (visible during a mid-titles sequence) was too skimpy and, together with executive producers Howard and Glazer (the same couple of "Thirteen Lives", 2022), he fleshed it out with pure inventions, from the spy story action to the 8-bit for nerds. Had it not been distributed by Apple, would it have been so pro-capitalist, an ode to Coke and to the Europe's "The Final Countdown" (perhaps a metaphor for the Soviet collapse)? A single exchange of jokes acts as a counterweight while on TV they broadcast the fall of the Wall: "Is this good news or bad news?" "Probably both." After more than 33 years, one would have expected a less hasty judgment.… Expand

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