Tetris
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In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.
What critics thought
A breezy, crowd-pleasing thriller about the legal scramble behind one of gaming's most iconic titles, though critics were split on whether its fizzy entertainment comes at the cost of the story's real complexity. Fans of the era and the game will likely find it the most rewarding.
“mostly entertaining and simplifies an impossibly complex story admirably, but it also loses some its most important themes in the process”
Vince Mancini·UPROXX
“Tetris doesn't cast the same spell as its namesake, but it will at least make you look at those falling blocks in a new way.”
Matthew Jackson·The A.V. Club
“Fast and fizzy and relentlessly buoyant, "Tetris" finds its heart in the connection between [Pajitnov and Rogers], the game's modest creator and its tenacious evangelist.”
Jeannette Catsoulis·The New York Times
“Tetris is best when it's geeking out right in front of us... There's no nostalgia quite as addictive, this proves, as the 8-bit kind.”
Tim Robey·The Telegraph
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- mild
Genres
Biography, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
Jon S. BairdDirector
Taron EgertonHenk Rogers
Nikita EfremovAlexey Pajitnov
Sofia LebedevaSasha
Anthony BoyleKevin Maxwell
Ben MilesHoward Lincoln
Ken YamamuraMinoru Arakawa
Igor GrabuzovValentin Trifonov
Oleg StefanBelikov
Ayane NagabuchiAkemi Rogers
Rick YuneBank Manager
Roger AllamRobert Maxwell
Toby JonesRobert Stein
Lorne BalfeComposer
Alwin H. KüchlerCinematographyTetris
In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.
What critics thought
A breezy, crowd-pleasing thriller about the legal scramble behind one of gaming's most iconic titles, though critics were split on whether its fizzy entertainment comes at the cost of the story's real complexity. Fans of the era and the game will likely find it the most rewarding.
“mostly entertaining and simplifies an impossibly complex story admirably, but it also loses some its most important themes in the process”
Vince Mancini·UPROXX
“Tetris doesn't cast the same spell as its namesake, but it will at least make you look at those falling blocks in a new way.”
Matthew Jackson·The A.V. Club
“Fast and fizzy and relentlessly buoyant, "Tetris" finds its heart in the connection between [Pajitnov and Rogers], the game's modest creator and its tenacious evangelist.”
Jeannette Catsoulis·The New York Times
“Tetris is best when it's geeking out right in front of us... There's no nostalgia quite as addictive, this proves, as the 8-bit kind.”
Tim Robey·The Telegraph
Parents guide
- Violence
- mild
- Sex
- none
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- mild
Genres
Biography, Drama, History
Cast & Crew
Jon S. BairdDirectorTaron EgertonHenk RogersNikita EfremovAlexey PajitnovSofia LebedevaSashaAnthony BoyleKevin MaxwellBen MilesHoward LincolnKen YamamuraMinoru ArakawaIgor GrabuzovValentin TrifonovOleg StefanBelikovAyane NagabuchiAkemi RogersRick YuneBank ManagerRoger AllamRobert MaxwellToby JonesRobert SteinLorne BalfeComposerAlwin H. KüchlerCinematographyStream
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