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Free to Play

  • 2014
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
14K
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Free to Play (2014)
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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.

  • Director
    • Valve
  • Stars
    • Benedict Lim
    • Clinton Loomis
    • Danil Ishutin
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Valve
    • Stars
      • Benedict Lim
      • Clinton Loomis
      • Danil Ishutin
    • 43User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Benedict Lim
    • Self
    • (as Benedict Han Yong Lim)
    Clinton Loomis
    Clinton Loomis
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    Danil Ishutin
    • Self
    Edwin Leong
    • Self
    Karen Loomis
    • Self
    Tony Grenier
    • Self
    Pete Grenier
    • Self
    Toby Dawson
    • Self
    Jeremy Lin
    Jeremy Lin
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    Jon Robinson
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    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 reviews43

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    10/10
    Amazing!
    What a fascinating movie! Different people, different lifestyles, different languages, different reasons to play, different ambitions, different feelings... Just one game to gather them all. An e-sports movie that can make you cry, smile, proud and so on. In my opinion Dota 2 is UNIQUE. Unique with its quality, players, teams, coaches, casters, fans, community, visuals, tournaments... It has the soul. To win or lose is not the point. Success is something we always look forward to. I clap for these three success stories. The movie is so impressive. Congratulations to everyone has a role to make this movie. My hat goes off to Valve.
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    • selinsoylu1987
    • Mar 19, 2014

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    • Release date
      • April 14, 2021 (Norway)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • 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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      • $150,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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