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Video Games: The Movie
Directed by
Jeremy Snead
PG
2014
1h 41m
Documentary
,
History
6.1
18%
36%
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Learn how video games are made, marketed, and consumed by looking back at gaming history and culture through the eyes of game developers, publishers, and consumers.
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Cast of Video Games: The Movie
Sean Astin
Self - Narrator
Al Alcorn
Self
Peter Armstrong
Self
Cliff Bleszinski
Self
Zach Braff
Self
Jim Brown
Self
Nolan Bushnell
Self
Louis Castle
Self
Wil Wheaton
Self
Chloe Dykstra
Self
Donald Faison
Self
Brian Fargo
Self
Ed Fries
Self
Chris Hardwick
Self
David Crane
Self
Don James
Self
Wyeth Johnson
Self
Max Landis
Self
Cricket Lee
Self
Casey Lynch
Self
Francis Mao
Self
Peter Molyneux
Self
Rob Pardo
Self
Alison Haislip
Self
Clare Grant
Self
Hideo Kojima
Self
Reggie Fils-Aimé
Self
Tommy Tallarico
Self
Ernest Cline
Self
Randy Pitchford
Self
Mikey Neumann
Self
Phil Spencer
Self
Mark Cerny
Self
Palmer Luckey
Self
Jeremy Snead
Director / Writer / Producer
Video Games: The Movie Ratings & Reviews
Common Sense Media
Sandie Angulo Chen
Homage to gaming pioneers is tween friendly but overlong.
Movie Mezzanine
Daniel Carlson
It takes a certain mix of hubris and willful ignorance to begin a documentary about video games with a quote from Gandhi.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
"Video Games: The Movie" doesn't just preach to the choir, it puts that choir on a pedestal and costumes it in golden robes.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
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.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
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.
IGN Movies
Brian Albert
Despite some organizational issues, Video Games: The Movie is an informative and entertaining look at the birth of the medium we know and love.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
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.
AV Club
Jesse Hassenger
Beyond associating breakthroughs with particular years and companies, Video Games: The Movie has trouble moving beyond generalities.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
Unwilling to jeopardize his access, Snead turns into a salesman. I'd rather hear more about the creation of Pitfall.
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
Video Games: The Movie is breezy and entertaining, but it's also obvious and simplistic. This is Video Games 101, when the people most likely to be interested in seeing it will want to learn something much more.
Village Voice
Nick Schager
Video Games: The Movie opens with a barrage of statistics before segueing into a sketchy history lesson-cum-industry promotion.
Film Journal International
Ethan Alter
You'd have to be a real nob to glean anything substantial from this superficial, haphazardly structured primer on videogame history.
The Dissolve
Vadim Rizov
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.
Times-Picayune
Mike Scott
There's certainly a lot of information there, but it lacks a sense of fun, coming off instead as a staid and often padded affair.
Slant Magazine
Justin Clark
Jeremy Snead's doc comes off more as a commercial for a grand, overarching product that isn't finished being developed.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
A slick, entertaining survey of electronic gaming's history to date.
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