Word Wars

Name: Word Wars
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-05-28
Rating: 6.4

This Is NOT Your Grandmother's Game Of Scrabble.

Documentary1h 20m

🍅88%

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88%

Tomatometer

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67%

Popcornmeter

6.4

TMDB

Storyline

The classic board game, Scrabble, has been popular for decades. In addition, there are fanatics who devote heart and soul to this game to the expense of everything else. This film profiles a group of these enthusiasts as they converge for a Scrabble convention where the word game is almost a bloodsport.

Details

DirectorsJulian Petrillo, Eric Chaikin

ReleasedMay 28, 2004

Status

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

5 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“Fascinating look inside the world of competitive Scrabble.”

88% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Kevin Crust

RTLos Angeles TimesNov 4, 2004

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.

Joe Leydon

RTVarietyNov 4, 2004

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.

Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesJul 23, 2004

Compellingly watchable.

David Cornelius

RTeFilmCritic.comMar 29, 2005

Even with so much information lacking, Word Wars is still quite a treat.