Disappointing: There is something so tempting to me about movie-themed games. I always feel drawn to buy them, despite the fact that there aren’t a whole lot of movie buffs in my family. So, disregarding all sense to the contrary, Cineplexity found it’s way onto my Christmas wishlist. When I received it, I was happy to see that the rules were extremely simple and we could start playing almost immediately. Unfortunately it went over worse than what I expected.



Dull: The basics of the game sound so simple (coming up with a movie that fits the 2 category cards that are selected.) However, the combinations that kept coming up were so obscure. Even I, the movie buff in the family, could barely think of a movie that fit the categories. So we would just sit there in silence thinking. Someone would suggest a movie that, very loosely, fit the categories and the judge would simply award the point just to move on.



Dilemma: The next problem we ran into is the judge didn’t know the movies that players suggested. So then there is a discussion period as the player tries to defend their movie selection. And if the judge chooses to veto their guess, the player gets frustrated for the rest of the game. This isn’t the light, fun experience that I was hoping for when I looked at this game.



Doubt: So I, once again, find myself in the position of regret. My family will doubt all my wishlist items because of this one experience, and will be more judgemental of my choices simply because I subjected them to this game. If only I had a gaming group that shared my knowledge and love of movies. Now I have heard some suggested variants to this game, but I’m not reviewing variants here. As the game stands, it was an excruciating experience for my family and I don’t expect it to hit the table again any time soon.