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The Wizard

"It's more than a game...it's the chance of a lifetime."

1989-12-15 Adventure 1hr 40m

A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.

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Storyline

A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.

  • Released
    1989-12-15
  • Revenue
    $14,278,900
  • Budget
    $6,000,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 40m
  • Genre
    Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English, Italiano
  • imdb-logo
    6.1
  • Production
    Universal Pictures, Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions

Crew

Todd Holland
Director
David Chisholm
Writer
David Chisholm
Producer
Keywords:
california video game competition brother utah nintendo on the road road movie power glove

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Reviews for The Wizard
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A Review by JPV852 5

Written by JPV852 on 2020-03-14

Has some heart at times, almost ruined by the blatant and, hate to use this word, cringe-worthy product placement from Hostess to Nintendo t... read more

Has some heart at times, almost ruined by the blatant and, hate to use this word, cringe-worthy product placement from Hostess to Nintendo to Universal Studios (which makes sense since this was one of their movies). The acting and writing is bad and I'm not quite sure who this movie was made for (there is a joke about a teenage girl accusing a grown man of grabbing her breast) but there are some funny bad moments. **2.75/5**

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A Review by JPV852

Has some heart at times, almost ruined by the blatant and, hate to use this word, cringe-worthy product placement from Hostess to Nintendo to Universal Studios (which makes sense since this was one of their movies). The acting and writing i...

reviewer avatar

A Review by JPV852 5

Written by JPV852 on 2020-03-14

Has some heart at times, almost ruined by the blatant and, hate to use this word, cringe-worthy product placement from Hostess to Nintendo to Universal Studios (which makes sense since this was one of...

read more