
Corey and Jimmy Woods are two brothers who are being separated due to their parents divorcing. Jimmy is a mentally unstable kid that has had problems ever since his sister died at a young age. One day, Corey discovers that Jimmy has a natural talent for playing video games. He is one of the best around, and the two journey to the West Coast to compete in a video game championship, but along the way, they must avoid the adults, who are trying to take Jimmy away.... (Full plot summary below)
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Corey and Jimmy Woods are two brothers who are being separated due to their parents divorcing. Jimmy is a mentally unstable kid that has had problems ever since his sister died at a young age. One day, Corey discovers that Jimmy has a natural talent for playing video games. He is one of the best around, and the two journey to the West Coast to compete in a video game championship, but along the way, they must avoid the adults, who are trying to take Jimmy away.
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| sbs.isStefan Birgir Stefanssonone of the best movies about the nintendo entertainment system... |
| Miami HeraldJuan Carlos CotoThe Wizard is bright, fast and energetic, but there’s not much real life to it. It’s another movie that’s disappeared into its own marketing hook: Three kids on the road, living and loving, racing toward personal redemption and video ascension. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyHollywood hucksters, zap them, have borrowed from Japanese game-pushers in this shameless attempt to sucker America's children. |
| Filmcritic.comJesse Hassengera unique exercise in crappy '80s moviemaking %u2013 which has now become a unique exercise in crappy '80s nostalgia. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe Wizard is finally just a cynical exploitation film with a lot of commercial plugs in it, and it is so insanely overwritten and ineptly directed that it will disappoint just about everybody and serve them right for going in the first place. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.A solid and entertaining road film that is never cloying or abundantly sweet. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinVideo-addicted kids may well find this exciting, but for anyone old enough to stay out later than 9 P.M. it's a distinct bore. |
| Chicago TribuneDave KehrThe Wizard is not only tacky and moribund, but it teaches gambling and bad sportsmanship. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonAn ad for video games that makes video games look like a peyote hallucination. |
| User ReviewBrent Sholy shit this movie rules. sometimes i think that this movie might be the meaning of life. then i realize that the meaning of life is actually playing Nintendo by using the Nintendo Power Glove. a million stars. |