Review of Pixels (2010) by Wilhelm V — 02 Jun 2016

I had watched this with the kids when it was first released last year, and I get the feeling that they have watched it a couple of times since. We sat down to watch this last night as Helen had not seen it, and I guess I was up for some thoughtless viewing.

As it turns out, I enjoyed it more the second time than the first, I guess because I knew to expect that it was a ridiculous storyline, and that Adam Sandler was actually trying to act as though it was an Academy Award Nominated film and that he was the most intense leading man in the film.

Apart from that, it is a fun romp back through those days that I lived as a teenager, and that Sandler obviously did as well. Peter Dinklage was amusingly over the top, while Josh Gad and Kevin James again felt under-utilised.

Or perhaps I'm just wrong about what they may have to offer.