'Tetris’ Review: Taron Egerton Stars in (Mostly) True Story of Bringing the Puzzle Game to the World | SXSW 2023

Jon S. Baird's Tetris proves that sometimes truth is even stranger than fiction. Our SXSW2023 review:

Tetris might just be the most popular and important video game of all time. Since its creation in the mid-80s, Tetris has sold hundreds of millions of copies, been called one of the greatest games ever made by publication after publication, and is one of the few games that nearly every person on the planet can say they’ve played. Tetris is so iconic, it’s transcended video games, having been played on everything from T-shirts to skyscrapers.

COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Taron Egerton stars as Henk Rogers, a video game designer and salesman who plays a game of Tetris and almost immediately believes it to be the perfect game. Rogers and his wife Akemi own Bullet-Proof Software, and Henk decides to put up everything he has to help Tetris a worldwide phenomenon.

Tetris proves that truth is stranger than fiction, as the best parts of this story are the ones that stick closest to the truth. Pink’s script is great when it’s simply Rogers, Kevin Maxwell, and Stein all attempting to work with Russian computer company Elorg in order to get the rights.

Tetris also frequently falls into cliché through its additions. The film’s final moments attempt to make this feel like Argo, while Rogers’ family is only fleshed out as a way to give Henk even greater personal stakes outside the clear financial ones. As soon as we are told that one of Henk’s daughters has a music recital, we know he will inevitably miss it in his quest to bring Tetris to the masses, since we’ve seen this trope a million times.

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