Tetris

critic Reviews

, 82% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • While it's nowhere near as addictive or fast-paced as the game, Tetris offers a fun, fizzy account of the story behind an 8-bit classic.
  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Stephen RomeiThe Australian
    The drawn-from-life drama Tetris is a bit like the video game it’s named after: slow to start but, once it warms up, a bit addictive.
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    Richard RoeperChicago Sun-Times
    Taron Egerton fits perfectly into story of the classic game’s origins.
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    Wendy IdeObserver (UK)
    Director Jon S Baird harnesses the graphic style and plinky plonk music of 80s computer games to amusing effect.
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    Stephanie ZacharekTIME Magazine
    In movie terms, it all works, and Egerton and Efremov are wonderful.
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    Ty BurrTy Burr's Watch List
    It settles down into an engagingly paranoid 8-bit variation on “Bridge of Spies"...
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  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Adam GrahamDetroit News
    Baird occasionally drops "Tetris" pieces or inserts animated 8-bit elements into the frame, because otherwise the movie is a lot of drab interiors and conversations about rights, contracts and business ethics. It's not enough...
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  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Felix Vasquez Jr.Cinema Crazed
    As a thriller it’s sub-par, but as a film about the iconic pop culture sensation that is “Tetris,” it just downright stinks.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Michael CookKLRT-TV
    At times it can get a bit lost with all the behind the scenes machinations, licensing, contracts or whatever, but this is a fun movie.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Matthew CreithMatinee With Matt
    "Tetris" is a lesson in the ultimate corporate espionage exercise and deals with themes of capitalism vs. communism. The events depicted loom large for today's audience, as we are constantly bombarded with Russia's dominance some 35 years later.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Manuel São BentoInSession Film
    Tetris offers a fun, informative true story about one of the most popular video games of all time. Filled with delightfully pixelated transitions and just the right amount of humor, as well as the game’s iconic music, the two hours go by in no time.
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