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Free to Play

  • 20142014
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
13K
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Free to Play (2014)
DocumentaryAction
Follow three professional video game players as they overcome personal adversity, family pressures, and the realities of life to compete in a $1,000,000 tournament that could change their li... Read allFollow three professional video game players as they overcome personal adversity, family pressures, and the realities of life to compete in a $1,000,000 tournament that could change their lives forever.Follow three professional video game players as they overcome personal adversity, family pressures, and the realities of life to compete in a $1,000,000 tournament that could change their lives forever.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
13K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Valve
  • Stars
    • Benedict Lim
    • Clinton Loomis
    • Danil Ishutin
  • Director
    • Valve
  • Stars
    • Benedict Lim
    • Clinton Loomis
    • Danil Ishutin
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    • 41User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Benedict Lim
    • Self
    • (as Benedict Han Yong Lim)
    Clinton Loomis
    Clinton Loomis
    • Self
    Danil Ishutin
    • Self
    Edwin Leong
    • Self
    Karen Loomis
    • Self
    Tony Grenier
    • Self
    Pete Grenier
    • Self
    Toby Dawson
    • Self
    Jeremy Lin
    Jeremy Lin
    • Self
    Jon Robinson
    • Self
    Jacob Toft-Andersen
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    • Director
      • Valve
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    • Trivia
      Dota 2 the featured game. Is still running ongoing tournaments the last international grossed over 18 million dollars in total prize pool, and most of that was funded entirely by the Dota 2 community!
    • Quotes

      Danil Ishutin: One way to forget about pain is to do something that you will be in completely. So... computer games.

    • Connections
      Features Dota 2 (2013)

    User reviews41

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    9/10
    Unexpectedly riveting.
    I had intended to just watch the opening, after so many people I know were recommending this to me. "I gave it a shot," I was going to say. "It's just not my thing." Minutes later, I was shushing my family so I could hear the movie. I couldn't turn it off until the credits rolled. SO good. Such a fantastic character study of these quite different people, their quite different lives, and their shared dedication to Dota.

    I'm not into Dota. Not even a little. I think I played it one time, and didn't enjoy it. I wasn't expecting to enjoy this either. 75 minutes of Dota? Yawn.

    But it's not 75 minutes of Dota. In fact, for a documentary about a Dota tournament, there's very little Dota in it. They don't really explain the game much at all, or why certain units were chosen over others. This was 100% fine with me (since, let me stress, I am not into Dota). Instead, it was all about the _players_, and was incredibly compelling.

    Who do you cheer for, when you have sympathy for all of them?
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    FAQ2

    • What video game is played in the movie?
    • What tournament is the documentary about?

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    • Release date
      • April 14, 2021 (Norway)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Chinese
      • Russian
      • Czech
      • Bulgarian
      • Japanese
      • German
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Бесплатная игра
    • Filming locations
      • Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany(location)
    • Production company
      • Valve
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    • Budget
      • $150,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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