2019NR

At the Video Store

Name: At the Video Store
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-10-11
Rating: 10

Behold the human algorithm

Documentary1h 12m

10.0/10

10.0

TMDB

Storyline

Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for the missing human element in today's digital landscape.

Trailers

9 videos

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Details

DirectorJames Westby

ReleasedOct 11, 2019

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNRUS

Reviews

4 reviews · 3 critics

2 fresh · 1 rotten

Alan Ng

RTFilm ThreatMar 11, 2021

We are social beings, and movies, comics, gaming, and cosplay are proof. At The Video Store nails this point down perfectly.

Steven Prokopy

RTThird Coast ReviewJan 23, 2020

In their heyday, stores made cinephiles feel like the most coddled, loved group in all the land, and At the Video Store captures that period beautifully

Michael Ward

RTShould I See ItJan 17, 2020

...could dig so much deeper into the connection between movie and consumer, clerk and customer, and the bond we create when we shop in a video rental store.

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