It was 1989. I was 12 years old. My mother left my dad and filed for a divorce. I cried a lot. She ask me what I wanted for Christmas. I told her a the New Nintendo Gameboy. She told me she couldn’t afford it. She secretly worked two jobs so she could surprise me with a Gameboy. It was the first Christmas without my dad. But I can’t remember ever being so happy. I lost countless hours playing Tetris. I completely forgot about divorce and all the mess that comes with it. This movie made that moment even more special. Long Live Nintendo.

I was expecting this movie to be good, but holly molly, not THIS GOOD! The movie is a well deserved tribute to all fans of the franchise.

This film is amazing, i love it.

If you think this is not for you because you don't play video games or never got into Tetris, just give this movie a chance. It is an exceptional piece of storytelling with very little cruft. It is witty, it is funny, and it just a wonderful ride from beginning to end. It has a lot of worn-out tropes, but it never dwells on any of them long enough to complain about them.

And the soundtrack must've broken the bank. Not just a who's who list of 1980s hits, but covers in Russian and in Japanese rarely heard outside of their respective countries. And to top it all off, a custom remix of Opportunities by The Pet Shop Boys intermixed with the Tetris theme. This might end up being my favorite soundtrack of 2023.

[spoiler]I know this movie heavily embellishes a lot of fact for the sake of drama. But if there is any truth to the claim that Howard Lincoln not only went to Soviet Russia just to secure the rights to Tetris but also escaped by the skin of his teeth, then my already high amount of respect for the man just went through the roof.[/spoiler]

This movie was more about doing anti-communism propaganda rather than the story of the game.

Its funny to watch how they are so committed to make URSS look like bad guys, while americans, japanese and british keept pulling a fast on each other to get the distribution rights for the highest bid - without any effort. Pure capitalism. And we live thinking that’s alright and acceptable.

I really enjoyed this - It managed to do what few films do these days and be a fine mixture of entertainment and social commentary. The exposition of the inherent problems to both communism and capitalism in the Tetris story are what make it for me.

I wasn't sure who I despised more by the end of it, Maxwell Sr., Maxwell Jr. or a certain member of the Communist party.

I also loved the way that there are plenty of characters at play, all trying to do what was best from their point of view - it's a refreshing take on things.

"True" story that looks fake as shit

Legend has it, that the script took forever to finish. Every time they finished a line, it disappeared

Great movie! It was weird watching everyone treat Tetris like it was cocaine. :joy:

This is by far the dumbest movie I've seen all year. Too bad because the story of Tetris Is much more interesting than a plucky and earnest american salesman vs Evil soviets.

I wish these movies were more transparent about just how much of the story is completely fictional

This movie is essentially a love story between Henk and Alexey and you can't convince me otherwise.

The beginning might have been boring but they did a really good job with the soundtrack and scene transitions. Once the plot is established, it really takes off. It sometimes feels like scenes are slapped together, yet this somehow worked to keep everything moving at the right pace. Someone commented that it feels convoluted and lengthy — I do agree to an extent, but overall it was a fun watch. I would like to know how much of it was true!

Absolutely enthralling! A superbly well made, interesting and fantastic movie that brings such an unknown story to life.

this was such a great movie, i had the original gameboy and was around 8 when it came out and had absolutely no idea on the nightmare it took to reach me!

Taron Egerton continues to impress me after being fantastic in black bird, very impressed by him and this movie was amazing

nikita really portrayed alexey well too, and i loved at the end getting some of the IRL footage of them together, so happy he made things happen for Alexey and wasnt about greed, fantastic movie and great to learn more about it. One of the best movies of 2023 for me so far

Having just seen the trailer, holy :poop: this film looks amazing