In the early 1980s, legendary Billy Mitchell set a Donkey Kong record that stood for almost 25 years. This documentary follows the assault on the record by Steve Wiebe, an earnest teacher from Washington who took up the game while unemployed. The top scores are monitored by a cadre of players and fans associated with Walter Day, an Iowan who runs Funspot, an annual tournament. Wiebe breaks Mitchell's record in public at Funspot, and Mitchell promptly mails a controversial vid... (Full plot summary below)
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In the early 1980s, legendary Billy Mitchell set a Donkey Kong record that stood for almost 25 years. This documentary follows the assault on the record by Steve Wiebe, an earnest teacher from Washington who took up the game while unemployed. The top scores are monitored by a cadre of players and fans associated with Walter Day, an Iowan who runs Funspot, an annual tournament. Wiebe breaks Mitchell's record in public at Funspot, and Mitchell promptly mails a controversial video tape of himself setting a new record. So Wiebe travels to Florida hoping Mitchell will face him for the 2007 Guinness World Records. Will the mind-game-playing Mitchell engage; who will end up holding the record?
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| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.A compelling, weird, and often times touching spin on video gamers doing what they do best... |
| The Film YapNick RogersSeth Gordon's unexpectedly engrossing documentary about the quest for a "Donkey Kong" record - a seeming paradise only for the pale and pasty -offered a fascinating, infuriating look at the bleakly funny morass of American social expectations. |
| Village VoiceRobert WilonskyIt's all true--every magical, exhilarating, infuriating, dumbfounding, jaw-dropping second of Gordon's miniature masterpiece. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA funny and madly arresting new documentary. |
| Film ThreatPete Vonder HaarIt’s not just one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen, it’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Period. |
| Chicago TribuneScott SchuellerGordon's documentary proves better than 90 percent of the manufactured stories out this summer. One can breathe a sigh of relief that it was done right and not cobbled into another bad fictional comedy. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittThe King of Kong is a twisty, wildly entertaining film, and this comes to you from a guy who cares so little about Kong that he had to Google it to make sure it's correct to refer to it as a video game. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)The King of Kong is a twisty, wildly entertaining film, and this comes to you from a guy who cares so little about Kong that he had to Google it to make sure it's correct to refer to it as a video game. |
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreA gripping yarn, an edge-of-your-seat thriller, as well as a mocking insider's view and a genuine giggle. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe film magnificently, and almost inadvertently, captures the story of the American Dream. |
