Pixels (2015)

When aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth in the form of the video games.

Director:

Chris Columbus

Writers:

Tim Herlihy (screenplay), Timothy Dowling (screenplay)

Stars:

Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan

5 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Sandler	...	Brenner
Kevin James	...	President Will Cooper
Michelle Monaghan	...	Violet
Peter Dinklage	...	Eddie
Josh Gad	...	Ludlow Lamonsoff
Matt Lintz	...	Matty Van Patten
Brian Cox	...	Admiral Porter
Sean Bean	...	Corporal Hill (SAS Officer)
Jane Krakowski	...	First Lady Jane Cooper
Dan Aykroyd	...	1982 Championship MC
Affion Crockett	...	Sergeant Dylan Cohan
Lainie Kazan	...	Mickey Lamonsoff
Ashley Benson	...	Lady Lisa
Denis Akiyama	...	Professor Iwatani
Tom McCarthy	...	Michael the Robot

Storyline

Sam has been one of the best arcade gamers of his time. Once in an international tournament NASA sent the video recording of all the games to space for intelligent beings to find and know more about humans. However the aliens interpreted the games as a challenge and began attacking Earth using the video game data. It's now up to Sam and other old time arcade game champions to save the Earth from the video game alien invasion.

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Plot Keywords:

arcade game | alien | product placement | donkey kong | pac man | 

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Taglines:

Game on.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

RatPG-13 for some language and suggestive comments

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song played on the Indian man's cell phone at his proposal is the Indian version of the Spandau Ballet song "True", which was featured in the Adam Sandler movies The Wedding Singer (1998) and 50 First Dates (2004).

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Goofs

Arcade games in 1982 used CRT screens, while the ones shown in the beginning have LCD screens (no curvature, no scan lines, no phosphor persistence). This was not a mistake, but a deliberate choice by the filmmakers, because CRT screens would be very difficult to film. See the Trivia section for more details.

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Quotes

Eddie Plant: At least Martha Stewart would have made me a panini or some shit like that.

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Crazy Credits

The opening titles look like they show a triple reflection off a monitor screen and protective glass, typical on an arcade game.

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Connections

Featured in Half in the Bag: Pixels (2015)

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Soundtracks

Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Written by Chris Hughes, Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley
Produced by Kevin Grady

User Reviews

So, after reading the reviews, I had to watch this.

I enjoyed it, Pixels is much better than people say. It has some really funny parts, and if you grew up in the 80's and played some old games you will like this I am betting.

Of course there are some silly parts, but that's how all Adam Sandler movies are. It reminded me a bit of Billy Madison or Happy Gilmore. It was fun to watch.

Ignore the reviews from critics, the SJW's these days will find anything to complain about and they did with this movie too. They want everything, whether it be a movie, video game, or comic book to cater to them. Anything they find offensive immediately they claim to be insulting and they will overlook anything good about the movie just so they can talk negatively about it.

Never listen to an SJW when it comes to reviews, they are awful critics.

Watch a movie, and judge it for yourself.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA China Canada

Language:

English Hindi Japanese

Release Date:

24 July 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pixels

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$88,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$24,011,616, 26 July 2015

Gross USA:

$78,747,585

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$244,874,809

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, China Film Group Corporation (CFGC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital Auro 11.1 Dolby Atmos Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1