Tetris

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.

Taron Egerton fits perfectly into story of the classic game’s origins.

Director Jon S Baird harnesses the graphic style and plinky plonk music of 80s computer games to amusing effect.

In movie terms, it all works, and Egerton and Efremov are wonderful.

It settles down into an engagingly paranoid 8-bit variation on “Bridge of Spies"...

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...

As a thriller it’s sub-par, but as a film about the iconic pop culture sensation that is “Tetris,” it just downright stinks.

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.

"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.

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.