Video Games: The Movie

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Video Games: The Movie

Released Jul 18, 2014

1h 40m

Documentary

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Through interviews with developers, publishers and consumers, filmmaker Jeremy Snead examines video game history and culture and how the games are consumed.

Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

"Video Games: The Movie" doesn't just preach to the choir, it puts that choir on a pedestal and costumes it in golden robes.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 18, 2014

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

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.

Jul 17, 2014

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

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.

Jul 17, 2014

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Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

Homage to gaming pioneers is tween friendly but overlong.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 1, 2014

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Daniel Carlson

Movie Mezzanine

It takes a certain mix of hubris and willful ignorance to begin a documentary about video games with a quote from Gandhi.

Rated: F

Jul 18, 2014

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Brian Albert

IGN Movies

Despite some organizational issues, Video Games: The Movie is an informative and entertaining look at the birth of the medium we know and love.

Rated: 7/10

Jul 17, 2014

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Anna F

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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/08/25

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Jan n

Best movie I have EVER seen in my 44 years of watching movies. Better than hit classics like the original "Jumanji", "Inception" and "The Matrix". The storytelling - immaculate. The cast - shockingly amazing. The screenplay - insanely good. I highly recommend watching this masterpiece of a movie, it really changed my perspective on life as it is, and I think it is a must watch. This movie is definitely a huge blockbuster hit classic. Farewell.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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Audience Member

it was good. but video games taking 0 responsibility about the violence in today's world is stupid. games are way to violent, I play them, but playing 100 hrs of killing someone is not the same as watchi g a 2 HR movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/11/20

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Audience Member

too bad so many top critics don't get it: obviously they are not gamers. This feature length documentary is far from perfect and moving back and forth across the timeline for switching stories and perspective can be confusing at times, nonetheless it is a solid effort and recommended to understand a bit more about this fascinating world.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Whoa RT. This is our first disagreement. This movie is fucking amazing. WTF? I've seen it 20+ times.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

3 out of 5 stars. Cool look at the history of video games!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Jeremy Snead

Writer

J. Allard

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Kimberly Much

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Synopsis

Through interviews with developers, publishers and consumers, filmmaker Jeremy Snead examines video game history and culture and how the games are consumed.

Director: Jeremy Snead
Producer: J. Allard, Kimberly Much, Jeremy Snead
Screenwriter: Jeremy Snead
Distributor: Variance Films
Production Co: Mediajuice Studios, The Creative Group PR
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 18, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $23.0K
Runtime: 1h 40m