Review of Video Games: The Movie (2014) by Benton M — 25 May 2015

If you grew up playing video games, this is a great look back.

This review of Video Games: The Movie (2014) was written by Benton M on 25 May 2015.

Video Games: The Movie has generally received mixed reviews.

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Review of Video Games: The Movie (2014) by Benton M — 25 May 2015

More Reviews of Video Games: The Movie

This movie doesn't really cover much or have much of a point at all…

Repetitive and boring…

Interesting but confusingly jumps back and forth between time periods with little clear theme…

Terrible. I almost shut it off three times. Almost completely devoid of insight. A few flashy faces…

This wasn't really needed…

A watchable enough edutainment documentary that doesn't really offer anything new that computer game fans know about, and is more focused on…

Absolutely schlock with no heart, or personality…

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