Pixels
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Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
What critics thought
Pixels was broadly savaged by critics, who found it lazy, overlong, and emblematic of Adam Sandler's creative decline. The 80s video-game nostalgia premise drew near-universal scorn in execution, though a small number of reviewers acknowledged that the supporting cast and CGI effects occasionally generate something worth watching.
“a 3D metaphor for Hollywood's digital assault on our eyes and brains”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“It manages to achieve the weird effect of feeling overlong and choppy at the same time, like someone edited the film with a pair of garden shears”
Randy Cordova·The Arizona Republic
“despite [its] unfortunate shortcomings, Pixels has its funny and fresh moments, thanks in large part to the supporting comic actors and inventive special effects”
Katie Walsh·Chicago Tribune
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- mild
Genres
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
Cast & Crew
Chris ColumbusDirector
Adam SandlerBrenner
Kevin JamesCooper
Michelle MonaghanViolet
Peter DinklageEddie
Josh GadLudlow
Matt LintzMatty
Brian CoxAdmiral Porter
Denis AkiyamaProfessor Iwatani
Sean BeanCorporal Hill (SAS Officer)
Jane KrakowskiFirst Lady Jane Cooper
Dan Aykroyd1982 Championship MC
Affion CrockettSergeant Dylan Cohan
Henry JackmanComposer
Tim HerlihyWriter
Patrick JeanWriter
Timothy DowlingWriter
Amir MokriCinematographyPixels
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
What critics thought
Pixels was broadly savaged by critics, who found it lazy, overlong, and emblematic of Adam Sandler's creative decline. The 80s video-game nostalgia premise drew near-universal scorn in execution, though a small number of reviewers acknowledged that the supporting cast and CGI effects occasionally generate something worth watching.
“a 3D metaphor for Hollywood's digital assault on our eyes and brains”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“It manages to achieve the weird effect of feeling overlong and choppy at the same time, like someone edited the film with a pair of garden shears”
Randy Cordova·The Arizona Republic
“despite [its] unfortunate shortcomings, Pixels has its funny and fresh moments, thanks in large part to the supporting comic actors and inventive special effects”
Katie Walsh·Chicago Tribune
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- mild
Genres
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
Cast & Crew
Chris ColumbusDirectorAdam SandlerBrennerKevin JamesCooperMichelle MonaghanVioletPeter DinklageEddieJosh GadLudlowMatt LintzMattyBrian CoxAdmiral PorterDenis AkiyamaProfessor IwataniSean BeanCorporal Hill (SAS Officer)Jane KrakowskiFirst Lady Jane CooperDan Aykroyd1982 Championship MCAffion CrockettSergeant Dylan CohanHenry JackmanComposerTim HerlihyWriterPatrick JeanWriterTimothy DowlingWriterAmir MokriCinematographyRent & Buy