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The Wizard
They're on a cross-country adventure to the world's greatest video championship. It's more than a game...it's the chance of a lifetime.
They're on a cross-country adventure to the world's greatest video ch...
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family - 1989
6.1
29%
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Corey refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl, who notices that Jimmy has a special talent: he is a "wizard" at video games and can achieve the high score on absolutely everything he plays. Evading their parents and a sinister bounty hunter, the trio head for a climactic showdown at the national video game championships in California.
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
15 Dec 1989
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Italian
Budget:
$6,000,000
Revenue:
$14,278,900
Awards:
4 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
It was only after the three kids arrived safely at the championships that I began to question the ethics of the film, which is, among other things, a thinly disguised commercial for Nintendo video games and the Universal studio tour.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Hollywood hucksters, zap them, have borrowed from Japanese game-pushers in this shameless attempt to sucker America's children.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Video-addicted kids may well find this exciting, but for anyone old enough to stay out later than 9 P.M. it's a distinct bore.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
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