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- Part delightfully tense techno-thriller, part refreshingly unpatronizing teen drama, WarGames is one of the more inventive -- and genuinely suspenseful -- Cold War movies of the 1980s.
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That is the message of “WarGames,” a scary and intelligent new thriller that is one of the best films so far this year. The movie stars Matthew Broderick (the kid from “ Max Dugan Returns “) as a bright high school senior who spends a lot of time locked in his bedroom with his home computer.
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Then two big things happen in her life. (1) Her car is...
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Part delightfully tense techno-thriller, part refreshingly unpatronizing teen drama, WarGames is one of the more inventive -- and genuinely suspenseful -- Cold War movies of the 1980s. Read ...
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Jun 3, 2023 · The legacy of 'WarGames' shouldn't be 'Ready Player One,' or even the Cold War. Here's why this 1983 sci-fi thriller is so great, forty years later.
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At the height of the Cold War, an American teenager (Matthew Broderick) finds a back door into a military central computer (WOPR) in which reality is confused with game-playing, threatening to start World War III.
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- John Badham
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Suspenseful Cold War tale with teen gamer in control. Read Common Sense Media's WarGames review, age rating, and parents guide.
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Although overrated in some quarters (Roger Ebert, for instance, gives it a perfect rating), "War Games" is a fun, entertaining youth adventure with some good suspense here and there. It's like young Indiana Jones in the modern day, but with toned-down action.
On Rotten Tomatoes, WarGames received an approval rating of 94% based on 47 reviews, with an average rating of 7.60/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Part delightfully tense techno-thriller, part refreshingly unpatronizing teen drama, WarGames is one of the more inventive—and genuinely suspenseful—Cold War movies of the 1980s."
