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The Wizard
It's more than a game...it's the chance of a lifetime.
It's more than a game...it's the chance of a lifetime.
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family - 1989
The Wizard
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A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video game championship.
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Details

Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
15 Dec 1989
Country:
US
Languages:
English, Italian
Budget:
$6,000,000
Revenue:
$14,278,900
Awards:
5 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

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
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:
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
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