Video Games: The Movie
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| Directed by | Jeremy Snead |
| Produced by | Jeremy Snead |
| Written by | Jeremy Snead |
| Narrated by | Sean Astin |
| Distributed by | Variance Films |
Release dates | July 15, 2014 |
Running time | 101 minutes |
| Budget | $109,025 |
| Box office | $23,043[1] |
Video Games: The Movie is a documentary by Jeremy Snead about video games. After Indiegogo and Kickstarter crowdfunding campaigns in 2012 and 2013 respectively, the film was released in 2014.[2][3][4]
Snead said "about 45 hours of footage" was shot for the film, and intends to use that in future products, saying he plans "a follow up in some form or another because the reception of the film has been good and I think it’s something that deserves more treatment in film and television."[5]
Reception
The film has a score of 40% on Metacritic.[6] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 18%.[7] IGN awarded it a score of 7.0 out of 10, saying "The new documentary Video Games: The Movie is an insightful albeit disjointed chronicle of the medium and the industry."[8]
References
- ↑ "Video Games: The Movie". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ Snead, Jeremy. "Video Games: The Movie". Indiegogo. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ Snead, Jeremy. "Video Games: The Movie". Kickstarter. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ Catsoulis, Jeanette (17 July 2014). "A Long and Winding History of Gaming". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ Balogh, Garry (25 July 2014). "Video Games: The Movie – The Jeremy Snead Interview". Grab It Indie Games Magazine. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Video Games: The Movie". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Video Games: The Movie (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ Albert, Brian. "Video Game: The Movie review". IGN. Retrieved 9 August 2015.