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The Wizard

I thought this movie was great. Luke Edwards was outstanding. Fred Savage and Jenny Lewis were great as well. The whole movie was an amazing look at the mind of a child through video games. It was excellent.

As a 80's Kid i am rewatching those good old 80's movies. This one here with Fred Savage is a nice, funny movie. It has some cool Filming Locations combined with alot of Elements. It was entertaining.

This movie first aired in 1989, when Fred Savage was boy wonder and on top of the world and when Jenny Lewis was every young girl's dream. A lot of people say this movie was a commercial for Nintendo but really it wasn't........it was a movie for everyone that has a lost a loved one, for people who have been traumatized, and for people all around the world. The movie shows us that anyone can achieve their goal if they only believe.

I'll admit that THE WIZARD is not the best movie ever made, but when I was younger, I was convinced it was. To me, it was the coolest movie in the world. However, watching it recently, it doesn't hold up as well. It's still a good movie, but now I wouldn't exactly describe it as "the coolest movie in the world." It still remains a fairly decent family movie though. There some memorable lines and decent performances from the child actors. Overall, I'd give it three stars, but six years ago I would have given it four stars.

i first saw the wizard back in 1990. i still like it today. to go with the video game plot there is a plot that's bigger than that in this movie.about a kid that almost never talks,and tries to leave on the road a lot.his half brother cares about him more than anybody else does. they both go on a road trip by walking,and sometimes hitching to cali.along the way they pick-up a young teenage girl.that gives them the idea that the kid is good at playing video games,and that they should go to los angeles to enter him in a video game contest if he wins they would'en wanna keep him in a home.the family of the kids brother is after him riding in a truck.also a private investagater hired by the kids mom is also going after him. it is an entertaining movie,and sometimes funny.all in all it's a really fun movie.i give it *** out of ****

It doesn't matter whether or not a movie appeals to everyone, just the intended audience. And let me tell you, as an original member of the intended audience, I loved "The Wizard." I even got one of those little "Pocket Power" promotional giveaways, and I treasure it still. The movie IS, however, enjoyable for anyone. 10 or so years later, the Video Armageddon scene still glues me to my chair. This probably has to do with me being a Nintendo fan, but who cares? And there are true, emotional scenes in there. Especially the REAL climax, that occurs after Video Armageddon, when The Wizard gets to "California." Watch...and enjoy.

A touching drama about a young boy's quest to help his autistic younger brother and a troubled young girl they meet along the way running from her own demons..... Okay, so it's mostly just a 90 minute commercial for Super Mario Brothers 3, but it's also a great road movie with plenty of classic 80's quotable material ("I love the Power Glove. It's so bad."). It has a good soundtrack as well. I think if a person sees the film for the first time nowadays they might not enjoy it as much as those who saw the film growing up and enjoy that oh so good feeling of nostalgia.