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  • Release Date: Jun 16, 2006
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6.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14

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  1. MarcK.
    Jul 10, 2006
    5
    I thought this would be an interesting movie with interesting people, and didn't feel that to be the case. Additionally, maybe I'm just the only one, but I felt sorry for a lot of these people...many of them are misfits, and the get-together in Stamford, CT appeared to be one of the only times these people were happy and confident.
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  2. LdH.
    Jul 10, 2006
    9
    It's puzzling that such an entertaining movie should have such a small audience.
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  3. JS
    Jun 19, 2006
    8
    Very engaging. At times, I wasn't sure whether I was watching a documentary or a Christopher Guest spoof of one. Suspense, laughter, and genuine affection. All that, plus Jon Stewart and Bill Clinton (both, like most of the people in this film, lefties -- in the handedness sense).
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  4. JimG.
    Jun 24, 2006
    6
    An engaging documentary with a deft, if unquestioning, touch for its subjects. Somehow, for some reason (don't ask me why), I was hoping for something more substantive. I felt entertained by the film, but didn't come away with any new knowledge or new questions. So as entertainment, it was fun. As documentary, it was, well, just another story. The filmmakers pretty much take everything at face value swallowing, unchallenged, assertions that the New York Times is the greatest newspaper in the world and bastian of the crossword puzzle. Would have been nice to have some substance--perhaps some factual history of the crossword puzzle or probing why the fan base (mostly white, mostly male) is so homogenous. Overall, it is clear from the film that crossword fans enjoy a special community and are having lots of fun.… Expand
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  5. SusanM.
    Jun 16, 2006
    10
    Very funny even if you don't do crosswords!
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  6. PaulK.
    Jun 22, 2006
    9
    Before seeing this, I thought the subject matter might be too dry...but half way through I found myself really enjoying this movie. Crossword puzzles, here I come!
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Metascore
73 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 35 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Eric Campos
    60
    Wordplay is...well...just about as exciting as a feature length movie about people solving crossword puzzles can be. Not very.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Duane Byrge
    70
    While puzzles are not most peoples' lives, they are truly an essential part. Wordplay goes up/down and across on the varied reasons why more than 50 million Americans do a crossword puzzle every week.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Justin Chang
    70
    Punsters, linguists and crossword puzzle fanatics everywhere couldn't ask for a more bracing tribute than helmer Patrick Creadon's buoyant and exhilaratingly brainy documentary Wordplay.
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