Video Games: The Movie
Variance Films | Release Date: July 18, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
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New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJul 17, 2014
The modern stuff is undeniably fawning. But given the eye-popping visuals, you understand the enthusiasm. Especially if you left your heart, and thousands of dollars in quarters, in an arcade. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJul 18, 2014
A missed opportunity; a documentary that plays too much like fan service, ignoring actual insight or even detailed history of its chosen subject in favor of unapologetic adoration. Read full review
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IndieWireRob ManuelJul 16, 2014
You’ll get little more than a refresher course in the art of gaming from this documentary. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineJustin ClarkJul 13, 2014
Jeremy Snead's doc comes off more as a commercial for a grand, overarching product that isn't finished being developed. Read full review
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VarietyDennis HarveyJun 19, 2014
Video Games: The Movie is content to celebrate without much insight. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerJul 16, 2014
Video Games: The Movie talks a lot about storytelling, but practices very little of it. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottJul 18, 2014
Amid it all, Snead does a nice job of laying out the history of video games. If nothing else, there's a lot of information here. But there's also a lot of information on the Wikipedia entry for "video games." All in all, I'd rather be playing "Madden 15." Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJul 17, 2014
Unfocused and repetitive, this feature-length commercial by Jeremy Snead uses a muddled timeline and bargain basement graphics to produce a horn-tooting, “Aren’t games awesome?” tone. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJul 17, 2014
It's a lovefest in which critics' voices and debate are simply absent, and the only talking space is wonder, nostalgia and excitement for the future. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJul 16, 2014
The film’s scattershot approach proves more enervating than enlightening, with the barrage of information presented in such a haphazard manner that continuity and coherence become lost. Read full review
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The DissolveVadim RizovJul 15, 2014
There’s little analysis, in-depth history, anecdotal humor, or even well-selected gameplay clips. Ironically, Video Games: The Movie is almost no fun whatsoever. Read full review
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Village VoiceNick SchagerJul 15, 2014
More problematic than its lack of a compellingly laid-out time line is the film's habit of hopping between points of interest, so that every one of its chosen topics...is treated with a few catchy sound bites. Read full review
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