January 11, 2011
A badly made movie with a confusing story and a silly plot. I'd say stay away from this one unless you're a huge Hanks fan.
Lloyd Bochner,
Wendy Crewson,
Peter Donat,
Anne Francis,
Murray Hamilton
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Remember that controversial participation game of the 1980s called "Dungeons and Dragons"? Remember how sociologists warned us that the game was potentially dangerous to those who couldn't altogether ... read more
Directed by: Steven Hilliard Stern
DVD Release Date: November 1, 2005
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March 16, 2009Steven Hilliard Stern has a big resume of TV movies and Mazes and Monsters is one film that can be quite an interesting watch for fantasy and gamers alike.
Based off of Rona Jaffe's novel, by the same name, the concept of the story involves the topic of a game taking ove
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February 25, 2008Dungeons and Dragons overview in a movie not documentary but truthful and honest portrayal of the side effects of fantasy roleplay.
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August 13, 2007The dangers of the mentally unstable (Tom Hanks) playing a fantasy role playing game "Mazes and Monsters". I dunno about that game, but we D&D players thought this was pretty cool - we wish we had some of those caves available for our gaming sessions. The visit to the Twin Towers... read more
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November 10, 2009I own this movie just so that it fills my collection but its realy not that good, it worth watching its just old and had a small budget!
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August 10, 2009I found it interesting seeing Tom Hanks in this perfomance.
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July 9, 2008An early role for Tom Hanks where he let's the illusion of a role-playing game take over and makes him go completely sideways.
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April 27, 2008I loved this movie. Watched it when ever I could grwoing up (just caught it again last weekend). One of my favs (got me into D7D).
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April 8, 2008not only did this early work commit the crime of perpetuating the myth that RPGs somehow twist the minds of its players, but the ending is all wrong.
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March 27, 2008A movie which unintentionally reinforces the creepy demonic cult status of Dungeons and Dragons. When it is really a movie about a person struck by tragedy who can't deal with reality and slowly loses himself in the fantasy world he games in. Seemingly written, directed, and ac... read more
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January 23, 2004
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
October 1, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
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September 10, 2004
Nicolas Lacroix, EnPrimeur.ca
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