Tetris
Directed by Jon S. BairdAn enterprising game developer risks everything in a race to outmaneuver duplicitous insiders to negotiate a deal with Soviet Union bureaucrats for the international licensing rights to what would eventually become one of the most recognizable and widely played games in history.
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Tetris Ratings & Reviews
- JameslikesmoviesJuly 24, 2025Really good loved the story got boring at some parts
- Daniel SauvéJuly 14, 2025It's Hollywoodized in some spots, but it's still a gripping tale of innovation, greed, Iron Curtain politics, light spy shenanigans - and blocks. Lots and lots of blocks.
- VarunOctober 19, 2024Wow totally wasn’t expecting the history behind this game to be so interesting. The painstaking efforts needed to navigate through bureaucracy caused me some genuine stress lol. Although this kind of story has been done in many past movies, I had a ton of fun with this one. It was well crafted and kept me engaged from beginning to end!
- Michael SurberApril 10, 2025Simply brilliant. Is there any role Taron Egerton can't play? Even if you've never played Tetris on a Gameboy, likely you have seen it done. This true story adaptation is nearly perfect. Just watch it.
- Kevin WardJuly 3, 2025Probably the second best mid 80’s scrappy underdog story featuring multiple competitors vying for an exclusive contract with a future worldwide sensation that I’ve seen in the last two days. Tetris while entertaining enough suffers from massive embellishments of the truth. In Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) pursuit of a deal for the game he apparently encounters Russian double agents, has death threats levied at his wife and children at home and gets pursued in a high speed car chase through the streets and alleys of Moscow with Nintendo executives along side him. Rather than make the film more exciting, these exaggerations merely draw attention to the fact that there’s really not enough of a story here. Or at least the writer’s didn’t feel like there was. Backroom deals, contract negotiations and double crosses, etc can be made tense and exciting without car chases and double agents. With properties like the Air Jordan, Tetris, Facebook, the audience already knows the massive value that’s at stake. Add in some truly unlikeable villains in the Maxwell Communications Corporation (Robert Maxwell is Ghislaine Maxwell’s father 😬) and I really didn’t think the embellishments were warranted and actually did more to undercut the real drama that unfolded. Looks, it’s not a bad watch. I’m sure my opinion is being negatively affected by the fact that I watched Air yesterday, which I much preferred. But even still, I likely won’t ever think about this movie again.
- Lord_TulkasJune 2, 2025I don't know what I was expecting from this movie, but certainly not this! What a shock! One may think you're about to watch some boring documentary style movie about a videogame and BAM! They come up with espionage, spies, car chases, government corruption! What a rush! Definitely a very recommended movie, especially for gamers who want to know a little about history...
- Dino KaltbrunnerJune 9, 2025Entertaining
- Yuvi RandhawaMay 20, 2025I had no clue the creation of this game was so interesting, definitely worth the watch
- robukApril 10, 2025Brilliant, who knew a game could have such an interesting back story.
