The Dungeon Masters

Name: The Dungeon Masters
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008-09-08
Rating: 5.1

This is how they roll.

Documentary1h 27m

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67%

Tomatometer

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28%

Popcornmeter

5.1

TMDB

Storyline

The Dungeon Masters explores the subculture of role-playing games, specifically Dungeons & Dragons, which for over 30 years has offered gamers the chance to escape their mundane lives and participate in a world they might otherwise never experience. Popularity and power are based on creativity and imagination rather than social status or wealth, and success is based not on who you know but on what you do.

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DirectorKeven McAlester

ReleasedSep 8, 2008

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

4 fresh · 2 rotten

Richard Whittaker

RTAustin ChronicleOct 23, 2009

Its ultimate message may be that, rather than gaming being a way for misfits to escape from reality, rolling the dice and spinning yarns may be what is finest and most creative about them.

Richard Propes

RTTheIndependentCritic.comSep 7, 2020

Feels like it doesn't accomplish what it set out to do.

Dorothy Woodend

RTThe Tyee (British Columbia)Aug 22, 2017

The silent language of resentment, yearning, frustration and love captured by famed cinematographer Lee Daniel (Slacker) is often so thick you can taste it, but is also terribly, ridiculously, and wonderfully human.

Christopher Lloyd

RTSarasota Herald-TribuneSep 2, 2010

The Dungeon Masters fails as a journalistic exploration of gaming. But as a glimpse into the lives of the people behind the dungeon master's screen, it rolls high.