The Wizard

1989-12-15 • 1h 40m • PG •

Adventure Comedy Drama Family

6.0

User Score

320 votes

"It's more than a game...it's the chance of a lifetime."

Overview

A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.

Todd Holland

Director

David Chisholm

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Luke Edwards

Jimmy

Vince Trankina

Tate

Wendy Phillips

Christine

Dea McAllister

Counselor

Sam McMurray

Bateman

Beau Bridges

Sam

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$14,278,900

Runtime

1h 40m

Release Date

1989-12-15

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Reviews

JPV852

2020-03-14T18:10:55.651Z

Has some heart at times, almost ruined by the blatant and, hate to use this word, cringe-worthy product placement from Hostess to Nintendo to Universal Studios (which makes sense since this was one of their movies). The acting and writing is bad and I'm not quite sure who this movie was made for (there is a joke about a teenage girl accusing a grown man of grabbing her breast) but there are some funny bad moments. **2.75/5**