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By Jimg. (60) on 23 Jun 2006

An engaging documentary with a deft, if unquestioning, touch for its subjects…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 23 Jun 2006

This is the kind of documentary that is a must for anyone who steadfastly spends the time each day or week to complete his or her favorite crossword…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 22 Jun 2006

The fact that Wordplay works as a film at all is a testament to its skill. The New York Times may never find a better marketing tool…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 22 Jun 2006

An exhilarating celebration of a national pastime…

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By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Oregonian (1,550) on 22 Jun 2006

In breezy fashion, it introduces us to a handful of crossword savants, the history of crossword puzzles, a number of celebrity crossword addicts…

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By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 22 Jun 2006

Just like its predecessors, Wordplay is likable and engaging. It's even, at times, a cut above…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 Jun 2006

The film is made with a lot of style and visual ingenuity…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 22 Jun 2006

Sweet, indulgent, and surprisingly soft in the center; the most minor entry in the brainiac-doc genre to date, it's nevertheless a perfectly…

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By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 22 Jun 2006

Wordplay is geared towards those fanatics who can't get enough of the so-called sport…

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By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 21 Jun 2006

Working from a template made familiar by such recent documentaries as Spellbound and Mad Hot Ballroom, Wordplay provides a series of clues…

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By Paulk. (80) on 21 Jun 2006

Before seeing this, I thought the subject matter might be too dry...but half way through I found myself really enjoying this movie…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 21 Jun 2006

Get ready to attend the world's biggest celebration of nerds…

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By Gianni Truzzi (34) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 21 Jun 2006

In Creadon's most effective and inspired sequence, he gets Reagle to create a puzzle using the film's title as its theme…

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By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 21 Jun 2006

Writer and director Patrick Creadon makes us care about this passionate cast and finds visually inventive ways to illustrate the players' thought…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Jun 2006

Creadon and his editor, Douglas Blush, add verve to an otherwise talky exercise by cutting Wordplay as if it were a puzzle itself, with Across…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 21 Jun 2006

A fitting tribute to ambitious thinkers who see life as a series of blanks waiting to be filled in…

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By Chuck Wilson (418) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 21 Jun 2006

Wordplay offers a running tutorial in how crosswords are created - lessons that are enhanced by the onscreen graphics of designer Brian Oakes,…

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By Chelsea D (161) on 20 Jun 2006

This movie was fantastic! It's hilarious even if you don't do crossword puzzles, but a lot funnier if you do…

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By Js (30) on 18 Jun 2006

Very engaging. At times, I wasn't sure whether I was watching a documentary or a Christopher Guest spoof of one…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 17 Jun 2006

One of the great nerd docs about nerds in recent years…

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