What you see is what you get with this film, no less, and definitely no more - no matter how hard it tries.
Pixels will probably get a lot of play on cable, though, when audiences can switch over to their Playstation or Xbox and have even more fun afterwards.īottom Line: Pixels is easy to hate for audiences going in looking for a movie with real substance. Pixels shouldn't be made to sound as though it's zero fun - it's just not worth buying tickets, popcorn, and soda for, especially when there are options like Ant-Man or Inside Out playing in the same theater. Perhaps it's time for Grown Ups and Pixels type movies to take a spot beside the arcade games featured this time and let modern times shape Sandler's next movie choice. He's shown his chops in Funny People and at one point he knew just the way to poke everybody's funny bone but it was when he nailed jokes which were relative to the movie's time. All of his movies have their big sentimental moments where a big message attempts to be sent, which worked well in Click, but in Pixels, the nostalgia of his childhood is recaptured in flashbacks and classic games and it's all silly. It seems like Sandler is holding on to the past. However, kids who see Pixels will be left judging their parent's childhood and probably a little scared, too. The film is based on the 2010 short film of the same name by Patrick Jean. The romance seems to be another attempt to make the movie and it's 80's references better received by adults who understand them, which is confusing because there's no doubt the movie attempted to target kids in its marketing. Pixels is a 2015 science fiction comedy film directed by Chris Columbus, who also produced with Allen Covert, Mark Radcliffe and Adam Sandler, who starred in the lead role as well as serving as co-producer and conceived its production.
Sure, there appears to be chemistry between Sandler and Monaghan, but it's out of place in a movie so immature. His character is an awkward, ego-centric boaster named Eddie who speaks in the third person and calls himself, "Fireblaster." Dinklage is seasoned in comedy, especially counting voice work, but this time the writers gave him handed him exaggerated material which falls flat and feels awkward. As exciting as it may seem to get a glimpse at Dinklage doing something completely out of the Tyrion Lannister-norm, it's painfully unfunny for the most part and it isn't Dinklage's fault. As for the biggest miss - that honor, sadly, goes to Peter Dinklage's "Fireblaster" character.