Critic Reviews for Pixels on Moviebuff.com

'Pixels', comes for those still enamored with arcade video games of the ‘80s

Michael Clark, Gwinnett Daily Post

It could very well be the most unremarkable Hollywood film of the year, a complete waste of time

Paloma Sharma, Rediff

At least there will be minimal disappointment when GAME OVER flashes

Bill Wine, CBS Local

When you’re talking about a star whose very brand is built upon the idea of not giving a shit, you end up with Pixels

Bryan Bishop, The Verge

The special effects are pretty cool, but the film is working nostalgia already thoroughly mined in movies and television

Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times

This is an Adam Sandler movie, and he doesn't care what you think

David Blaustein, ABC News

It’s an improvement on most of Sandler’s recent comedies, but that’s faint praise

Rajeev Masand, Rajeev Masand

You wish the film had the wry freshness, the original installment of that franchise did

Neil Genzlinger, NDTV

It is still a decent entertainer, especially when you are aware that it came from the Adam Sandler stable

Sreeju Sudhakaran, Bollywood Life

Not funny, just relentless and exhausting

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

'Pixels', is almost like a spoof of 'Ghostbusters'

John Hayward, Breitbart

Brightly colored but rarely exciting, awe-inspiring, or even particularly funny

Jesse Hassenger, AV Club

'Pixels', ends up having too many glitches to make it worth your quarters

Rick Bentley, Idaho Statesman

'Pixels', is an extremely fun time at the movies, with thrilling action, stunning visuals, and some really well timed comedy, it's the best Adam Sandler film we've gotten in a while

Mike Reyes, Cinema Blend

It may not be troubled by logic or game-changing performances, but it’s a fun way to spend two hours

Sweta Vinod, BookMyShow

The thought of an Adam Sandler movie in which he battles video game characters from the 80s didn’t exactly set my heart spinning

Pete Hammond, Deadline

'Pixels', is light, fun watch for the fans of the 80s arcade games, don't expect anything spectacular from it though

Bollywood Hungama Source, Bollywood Hungama

All serious old-school gamers will enjoy this family-friendly, and pretty clever, if not perfect, partially pixilated action comedy

Paul Grimshaw, Myrtle Beach Online

'Pixels', feels like a victory lap for the elevated frat nerds

Christopher Gray, Slant Magazine

I just wish the warriors from that game came to life and set off to prevent Sandler from making any more movies

Mihir Fadnavis, Mid Day

'Pixels', is a film that could have been so much more

Bob Garver, The Waunakee Tribune

Viewers of a certain age may look at 'Pixels', with a degree of nostalgia, however it has to go down as one of the season's bigger disappointments in the way

Peter Sobczynski, Roger Ebert

'Pixels', offers a blast of energetic fun, the novelty of nostalgic video-game characters as space invaders sustains the film

Katie Walsh, The Columbus Dispatch

'Pixels', is the button-masher of movies - brainless, obvious and only fun in short, five-minute bursts

Max Nicholson, IGN

'Pixels', is hardly the first feature-length valentine to our fondly remembered mass-entertainment touchstones

Justin Chang, Variety

'Pixels', is such a mind-boggling mishmash that all you want to do every few minutes is yell Game over

Marcianne Miller, The Citizen Times

Typical for a Sandler vehicle, 'Pixels', is loaded with eighties nostalgia

Chris Bumbray, JoBlo.com

Most grown-ups will feel they've indulged in enough nostalgia for youthful hours frittered away in arcades, at least for one evening

Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

'Pixels', is a schizophrenic mess, entertaining and annoying, as if Galaxy Quest had been made by people without any understanding of humor

Joshua Starnes, ComingSoon.net

It seemed like a home run for Adam Sandler

Jason Guerrasio, Business Insider India