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Dave Made a Maze

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Dave, a frustrated artist who has yet to accomplish anything significant in his career, builds a fort out of cardboard boxes in his living room, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls and critters of his own creation. Ignoring his warnings, Dave's girlfriend Annie leads a band of oddball explorers on a rescue mission. Upon entry, they find themselves in an ever-changing supernatural world, threatened by booby traps and pursued by a bloodthirsty Minotaur.
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Dave Made a Maze offers decent storytelling but plunges deep into bold stylistic waters, establishing director Bill Watterson as a fresh and inventive filmmaker.

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Glenn Kenny RogerEbert.com 03/26/2018
1.5/4
I had never felt happier to be approaching senior citizenship. Go to Full Review
Leah Pickett Chicago Reader 09/14/2017
This is a fun ride. Go to Full Review
Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times 08/18/2017
3/4
If you're looking for something different - and mean it when you say so - Dave Made a Maze is a joy. Go to Full Review
Eve Tushnet Patheos 09/13/2021
A weird little gem. The kind of horror flick that isn't great-great, but is simultaneously so of its era and so individual in its vision that it will get brought up later in lists... Go to Full Review
Stephen Porzio HeadStuff 01/05/2021
The maze is a wondrous creation, somehow coming across very makeshift and tangible, yet also wondrous and vast Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 12/05/2020
8/10
Utterly brimming with creativity. Go to Full Review
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Thomas J. @trj14-19 Nov 4 Fantastic great watch See more Kyle C Sep 1 This is by far the WORST movie I have ever had to endure watching. See more Claudio C Jul 31 Dave Made a Maze (2017) How a Movie Like This Finds Producers? (11,866 – 30 Jul 2025 – by Claudio Carvalho) There are movies where the viewer questions how the filmmakers and screenplay writers find producers to invest money to make them. “Dave Made a Maze” (2017) is one of them. The nonsense story is silly and boring, with poor acting. The locations are cheap, indicating a very low budget movie. This film is indicated for people who have insomnia and is actually better than sleeping pills, with no side effects. My vote is two. Title (Brazil): Not Available My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/ See more TI H @MeInCharacter Jan 3 DAVE MADE A MAZE out of cardboard in his living room. It’s much, much, much bigger on the inside than it is on the outside, so much bigger that Dave and all his friends get lost inside. Therein, they dodge booby-traps while being hunted by a cardboard minotaur who attacks with real violence, although all the “blood and gore” is represented by confetti. (Literally. Confetti.) This movie feels like Romper Room meets Cube. The actors remind me of the Monkees from the 1960s, always half-aware that they’re in a movie and perfectly stoic about events that would drive the average person bonkers. It’s like none of the principal characters are taking the movie seriously, which amounts to a wonderful comedic effect. Sadly, this gimmick doesn't hold up the entire movie. This should have been a short film in an anthology. It didn’t deserve eighty minutes of screen time. See more Tyler G @tytyx25 10/14/2024 "Dave made a maze" is one of the weirdest and most creative films I've watched in a while. It is clear how versatile paper, cardboard, and the medium can be. I can appreciate how the film maker utilized paper to its utmost, and every scene was quite different. The room with multiple visual ploys, like the photo on the wall/attached to the side of the camera was wonderful. The different outfits made of paper, while Dave and his girlfriend had variations of the same conversation sat with me as well. These were unbelievably well made scenes, and the story was fun to watch. I am very surprised by this movie. See more Taylor I 09/22/2024 This movie was so much fun to watch. It's silly, it's wildly creative, and the set design is so enjoyable and interesting. This movie was wildly enjoyable for so many different reasons, and I cannot recommend it enough. I don't want to say much more for fear of ruining any of it! See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Dave, a frustrated artist who has yet to accomplish anything significant in his career, builds a fort out of cardboard boxes in his living room, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls and critters of his own creation. Ignoring his warnings, Dave's girlfriend Annie leads a band of oddball explorers on a rescue mission. Upon entry, they find themselves in an ever-changing supernatural world, threatened by booby traps and pursued by a bloodthirsty Minotaur.
Director
Bill Watterson
Producer
John Chuldenko, John Charles Meyer
Screenwriter
Steven Sears, Bill Watterson
Distributor
Gravitas Ventures
Production Co
Gravitas Ventures
Genre
Adventure, Comedy, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 18, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 18, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$13.2K
Runtime
1h 20m
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