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05/26/06
Word Wars (2004)
89 %
Reviews Counted: 35 Fresh: 31 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Consensus:
Fascinating look inside the world of competitive Scrabble.
Runtime: 81 mins
Synopsis: The documentary WORD WARS, inspired by the book WORD FREAK by NPR reporter Stefan Fatsis, provides a compelling peek into the lives of four Scrabble competitors as they make their way to the 2001 national tournament and a chance at winning $25,000. Known to many as a pleasing pastime, the board... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
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04/23/05
Even with so much information lacking, Word Wars is still quite a treat.
03/29/05
Chaikin and Petrillo have crafted an empathetic and revealing portrait of four men whose obsession is both a little bit sad and more than a little bit recognizable.
11/04/04
Top Critic
There's a pronounced lack of emotional pay-off that likely will derail any attempts to position Word Wars as an aud-friendly crowd-pleaser with breakout potential comparable to Spellbound.
11/04/04
Top Critic
The picture offers a funny but frequently sad portrait of four world-class gamesters in serious need of the $25,000 in prize money.
11/04/04
You'll be on the edge of your seat to find out who wins, and how the losers take it.
08/08/04
Top Critic
...if you're a fan of films that concentrate on lesser known ingredients of our society...
07/23/04
The film fairly skips along as it introduces us to this strange world.
07/16/04
The human element is kept endearingly rich a la detailed background info and flaring tempers that are the hallmark of the low-budget tournament circuit.
07/14/04
A highly entertaining look at these bizarre personalities and an insight into their obsession with Scrabble.
07/09/04
A surprisingly entertaining documentary that captures the triumph, the heartbreak and the consonants of the competitive Scrabble circuit.
06/17/04
... it's not quite as endearing as Spellbound, because we are looking at thirty-five year olds instead of twelve-year-olds, but it's still very interesting.
06/14/04
A thoroughly entertaining glimpse of a world most people don't know even exists -- and whether they wanted to know it exists may be a question.
06/12/04
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