An epic journey film without metaphor.

May be impossible to watch without smiling, for one reason or another.

All fan service.

Fairly novel take on an industry, much like “The Wrestler” in that way.

One of Wes Anderson’s better efforts.

The RiffTrax version is very good.

Glad it exists, and glad Spielberg made it, but severe third act logic issues and shallow characters keep this from being much better.

Felt like they pasted yet another male-disparaging script from a different movie onto this one. I’ll choose to forget this sequel exists.

Would have preferred another game from Mechner, but is ok, even if it only exists as an excuse for Jake Gyllenhaal to get buff.

Archetype for a particular indie quirk genre.