If you loved Toy Story & Finding Nemo...

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2013)

This movie does for arcade games what Toy Story did for toys. DON'T shy away from it just because it's technically "video game" related. You do not have to know video games to enjoy it just the same way you didn't have to be an Oceanographer to enjoy Finding Nemo.
Sure, gamers will get a laugh or two more than a non-gamers but even still, the video game references are light and it sticks to the very basics lightly referencing only the most popular games like pacman, mario, and sonic. You don't need to know any of these games to get the story at all. All of the MOST important characters are NEW, from games that don't even exist in real life, and thus, are established well in the plot of the movie rather than it being understood that YOU "knew" who these characters are.
This is a perfect family movie for little kids, and BIG kids who grew up with games as old as pacman. It's funny, exciting, and touching; pretty deep for a kids movie. The only kids movie I've seen that's deeper than this one is Toy Story 3. If Toy Story 3's depth is a 10, this movie is about a 7 or 8.
I went to see this with my 4 year old nephew and at 27 years of age, I felt the magic of my childhood coming back to me in this charming movie which drew on many of my memories. Go watch it, you'll love it.