8-Bit Christmas

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Ano N I am from the 80’ and watching the movie was a delight. My kids love it but it was not a hit for them as for me. The target audience is really kids from the 80’ who dreamed about that Nintendo. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/03/25 Full Review william s Super fun, light-hearted Christmas movie that manages to pack an emotional punch at the end that I was not expecting. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/31/24 Full Review Jon B Wow! I was pleasantly surprised. Sure, it's loud and a bit zany at times, but it is a sweet movie and if you were a kid in the 80's, even better. Good stuff! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/29/24 Full Review Koi P Fun movie. Mildly humorous. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/30/24 Full Review Erin P Went too far on all the absurd situations. Just constantly more bad things happening and his parents treated his sister like a total golden child. Fast forwarded through it eventually just to get to the end. Which almost might have saved it but still not a movie I'd ever recommend or watch again. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/18/24 Full Review Jacob B I actually enjoyed this film far more than I was expecting to. I wasn't expecting a disaster, by any means, but I was surprised by just how much of a good time I had watching this film. After all, the premise does sound like it promotes consumerism given that it's basically A Christmas Story but replacing a BB Gun with an NES. But I ended up getting a much better film than that with what felt like a throwback to a bygone era of Christmas films. The child actors all do a good job and their characters are all likeable, the movie's quite funny and the climax revealing what the story Neil Patrick Harris was telling to his daughter was actually about elevated this story from a charming Christmas Story clone to a genuine classic on its own merits. If I had a few criticisms, it would be how the quest for Nintendo gets downright ridiculous with the number of hope spots and some of the adult depictions can be downright cartoonish (forgot what Steve Zahn looked like, so when I saw his name in the credits, it had me thinking "so that's why he reminded me so much of the dad from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies") but the blow is softened a bit by the fact that NPH is established to be an unreliable narrator and thus, some artistic embellishments are to be expected. All in all, a charming, underrated Christmas classic that lovingly homages the '80s without gunning for the Stranger Things crowd as if they were embarrassed to make something family-oriented. Highly recommended! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/18/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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