Flicks, Giles Hardie
Here’s the pull quote, people: Pixels - It’s not as bad as you’ve heard.
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Pixels
When 1980s-era arcade game characters attack the United States, the country's military call up the finest video gamers - Adam Sandler (Grown Ups 2), Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) and Josh Gad - to repel the threat. Directed by Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone's Chris Columbus, and based on French director Patrick Jean's short film.
2015Rating: PG, Mild themes, violence, coarse language and sexual references105 minsUSA
ComedyScience FictionBlockbuster
- Director:
- Chris Columbus ('Mrs. Doubtfire', 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets')
- Writer:
- Timothy DowlingTim HerlihyAdam Sandler
- Cast:
- Peter DinklageAdam SandlerJosh GadMichelle MonaghanKevin James
Pixels / Reviews
Time Out
Desperately caters to Gen-X junk nostalgia without bothering to think that maybe those Reagan-era kids have grown up a bit.
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The Guardian
Saving graces, almost: an insanely ripe performance by Peter Dinklage and a surreal moment involving Hall & Oates.
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Los Angeles Times
Some movies are so interminable that it seems they might never end, while others are assembled with such indifference that you are essentially left waiting for them to start. "Pixels" somehow manages both.
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Hollywood Reporter
This one-note comedy runs out of gas within an hour and should have been trimmed to a neat 90 minutes.
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FilmInk
There is an actual story backbone, told efficiently, with regular laughs, committed performances and a believable throughline on friendship, love and other well-worn themes.
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Empire Magazine
There's a certain thrill to seeing humans face off against Frogger. If only as much care had been put into the living characters as the pixelated ones.
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