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rflores2323 says...
12 years ago
great movie for the family. I loved it when I was a kid.
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filmtoaster says...
4 years ago
Unironically may be one of the most important films for _80_'s film preservation. No film captures the childlike spirit of that time than this sweet little film about a couple kids traveling cross country to a video game competition. The film starts with a little boy, Jimmy, walking across the deserted country road alone on his journey to get to California to properly bury his sister's remains, and by the end, is driving back with his family, happy and fulfilled. It's genuinely funny, heartwarming, and fun for the whole family. The product placement and Nintendo partnership is just an icing on the cake that adds to it's dated charm. This will definitely go in my collection.
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wolfkin says...
4 years ago
There are parts of my life that only make sense if I've seen The Wizard. This movie was darn near formative for me not just as a person but as a video game player. It's just about everything you could want in a kids movie from the late 80s. Fred Savage, Nintendos, the BLOODY POWER GLOVE. Heck Christian Slater too. And at the time I lived in California so I related to this weird kid saying California the way people relate to Ludacris' _Area Codes_. It's the hypest movie of all video game history. I'd argue it's more hype than Super Mario Bros and for all it's flaws the one thing SMB the movie had was hype so much hype.
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TheStretchedElf says...
5 years ago
"I love the power glove. It's so bad."

I enjoyed this movie as a kid in the midst of the home videogame explosion. It probably wasn't a great film in the grand scheme of things but it does have that classic (albeit cringeworthy) quote. Not a bad take on the underdog story either.
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moonkodi says...
8 years ago

Kids liked it. It was decent.
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