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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThe 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.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyVideo Games: The Movie is content to celebrate without much insight.
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazineJeremy Snead's doc comes off more as a commercial for a grand, overarching product that isn't finished being developed.
- Video Games: The Movie talks a lot about storytelling, but practices very little of it.
- 40Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerMore 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.
- 40The DissolveVadim RizovThe DissolveVadim RizovThere’s little analysis, in-depth history, anecdotal humor, or even well-selected gameplay clips. Ironically, Video Games: The Movie is almost no fun whatsoever.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe 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.
- 40Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleIt'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.
- 40The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisUnfocused 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.