Review of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) by Tom C — 24 Apr 2010

This is one of my favorite documentaries of the past few years, and is certainly one of the most enjoyable. You can't make stuff like this up! Billy Mitchell would be considered an overwritten villain in a fictional film, but the guy really exists! Steve Wiebe is the ultimate underdog, and my heart went out to him, probably even before his son tried to pull him from his high score game with the dreaded call, "Dad! Come wipe my butt!" Wiebe's wife deserves special mention for being supportive, despite her obvious discomfort in the whole setting-a-world-record-in-Donkey-Kong-against-a-possibly-corrupt-hot-sauce-salesman scene.