Pixels

I don't know what they were smoking when the decided to make this movie - even by the standard of Adam Sandler movies, Pixels is a huge disappointment. This is a mind numbing film with an extraordinarily silly plot.

This disappointing comedy falls apart before it begins because no one would behave the way its characters do, and their ridiculous choices drive the action.

It could very well be the most unremarkable Hollywood film of the year; a complete waste of time.

The plot, written by Tim Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, is clumsily structured. It is perfunctory, weak and mediocre with sexist gags and childish buffoonery. The story lacks logic, motivation and conviction. The characters too, are cardboard thin and unbearably annoying.

A fun and action-packed ride through memory lane.

It takes a little getting used to seeing the cute and hungry Pac-Man attacking Washington, DC and accepting the lazy special effects and plot points. The film catalogues the worst set of performances seen in a while, particularly Dinklage's accent and Gad's pubescent antics.

There's really no nice way to say this: Pixels is inarguably the most god-awful film I've seen in a long while. It's premised on nostalgia for a niche memory of the 1980s — centred around the universe of first-generation video games — but that's just a thin veneer for a celebration of utterly useless geekdom that reeks of self-gratification in the extreme.