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- 2016
- Not Rated
- FilmBuff
- 1 h 20 m
- 2016
- Not Rated
- FilmBuff
- 1 h 20 m
Summary When Ryan Green, a video game programmer, learns that his young son Joel has cancer, he and his wife begin documenting their emotional journey in the form of an unusually beautiful and poetic video game.
- 2016
- Not Rated
- FilmBuff
- 1 h 20 m
- 2016
- Not Rated
- FilmBuff
- 1 h 20 m
Thank You for Playing
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Summary When Ryan Green, a video game programmer, learns that his young son Joel has cancer, he and his wife begin documenting their emotional journey in the form of an unusually beautiful and poetic video game.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
61
60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
61
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Make no mistake: This film is a tear-jerker, taking an intimate look at one family's heartbreak and how their art moves people.
Thank You for Playing transforms a father's confession into a revealing work of art.
By turns touching, funny and sometimes strangely existential, David Osit and Malika Zouhali-Worrall’s documentary, destined for broadcast on public television’s POV program next year, succeeds in telling a highly personal story in a surprisingly relatable manner.
Even the flaws of Thank You for Playing have the effect of underscoring its humanity; the movie may immortalize a creative endeavor, but it never loses sight of the fact that it’s also honoring a life.
If nothing else, it’s evidence that the digital age has opened up new ways to work through grief.
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Production Company
Kinematic Films
Release Date Mar 18, 2016
Duration 1 h 20 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Twin Cities Film Fest, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Nomination
