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  1. Nov 23, 2021 · Well, that is exactly the case with the ten-year-old protagonist in ‘8-Bit Christmas,’ Jake Doyle. He wishes more than anything to own the 8-bit home video game console by Nintendo – the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). However, much to Jake’s disappointment, his parents ban the video game. But he is not one to give up easily, so he ...

  2. 8-Bit Christmas is a 2021 American Christmas comedy film directed by Michael Dowse, from a screenplay by Kevin Jakubowski based upon his novel of the same name. It stars Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley, June Diane Raphael, David Cross, and Steve Zahn. The film was released on November 24, 2021, on HBO Max, receiving generally favorable ...

  3. Dec 10, 2021 · Based on Kevin Jakubowski's novel of the same name, HBO Max's 8-Bit Christmas details the story of Jake (Neil Patrick Harris) as he tells his daughter, Annie, of a decades-old adventure as he and his friends tried to procure a Nintendo for Christmas in 1988. As their journey unfolds and he relays how superficial his childhood was, it becomes ...

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  4. Nov 24, 2021 · November 24, 2021. Directed by Michael Dowse (of ‘What If’ fame), ‘8-Bit Christmas’ is a refreshing family-oriented feel-good Christmas movie. The story follows Jake Doyle, and all Jake ever wanted for Christmas was a Nintendo. At the same time, a grown-up Jake (Neil Patrick Harris) narrates to his daughter the story of his Nintendo haul.

  5. Dec 17, 2021 · Released on Nov. 24, “8-Bit Christmas” follows the story of a kid searching for his coveted Nintendo game system but finds trouble and the true meaning of Christmas. Joaquin Figueroa, ReporterDecember 17, 2021. In the new movie “8-Bit Christmas,” a boy takes a journey to get a coveted video game console in Chicago in the 1980s, and ...

  6. Dec 8, 2021 · HBO Max's 8-Bit Christmas focuses on Jake (Neil Patrick Harris) in the present, relaying the story to his daughter, Annie (Sophia Reid-Gantzert), about how he and his friends ran a scheme to get a Nintendo back in 1988. However, as the film keeps jumping between both timelines, Jake's adventure transitions from a superficial one to something ...

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  8. 8-Bit Christmas: Directed by Michael Dowse. With Winslow Fegley, Neil Patrick Harris, Steve Zahn, June Diane Raphael. In 1980s Chicago, a 10-year-old sets out on a quest to get the Christmas gift of his generation: the latest and greatest video-game system.

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