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Date  Helpful Rating 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  Very intelligent documentaryI ran into this film thinking it was a comedy with Jon Stewart, a television comedian with a good reputation(I dont watch TV). It is a documentary on people who love crossword puzzles. I do one every day but these folks are obsessive. There is an odd passion to this film that is utterly delightful. THe crossword contestants are ultra competitive and still have a common comradity about the love of words and the mastering of puzzles. There was valor in this film when the finalist petitioned the judges to add points to a frontrunner-something that you dont see everyday.
You might think to yourself that a documentary on crossword puzzles is a snore but youd be wrong. The film makers took to a place Ive never visited before and introduced me to characters from all walks of life, a pro pitcher, Jon Stewart, a musician, a young maverick, an engineer, and many other colorful folk who share a love for words.
This is an odd year in movies when so many good documentaries are screened. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  WordplayIll admit that for some one who likes solving puzzles and loves the written word, Ive done relatively few crossword puzzles. In fact, Ive been relatively ignorant to any sort of possible world that exists that is part of the crossword community! So naturally when I found out about this crossword puzzle community and its inner workings in the movie, Wordplay, I was immediately intrigued. Wordplay takes you into what crossword puzzles are, how theyre created, and what they will always be, as well as providing interviews from the people that enjoy them and even from the people that make them. The only way you wouldnt like this movie is if you absolutely despise crossword puzzles.
Read the rest of Jordans review @ www.movietack.net Was this review helpful? Sign In 4 out of 6 users found this helpful Wordplays fluidity and MadnessPosted: 6/13/2006A review of Wordplay by Charles1030 Niceness also takes the edge off Patrick Creadons otherwise revitalizing documentary, Wordplay, a celebration of New York Times crossword-meister Will Shortz and the wonks who devise and solve his puzzles. Punsters, linguists and crossword puzzle fanatics everywhere couldnt ask for a more bracing tribute than helmer Patrick Creadons buoyant and exhilaratingly brainy docudocu Wordplay. I though that Wordplay is doing very well...just about as exciting as a feature length movie about people solving crossword puzzles can be. Not very. But still, the movie is a truly and essential part as Wordplay goes up-down and across on the varied reasons why more than 50 million Americans do a crossword puzzle every week. Was this review helpful? Sign In 1-3 of 3 Per Page | ||
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