What is Pixels about?
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
Retro arcade heroes invade New York, and a team of gamers must save the world with broad, wholesome humor.
Crowd-pleasing and pulpy, with big broad humor. A family watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Peacock.
Pixels parents guide
It stays inside its PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Directed byChris Columbus
StarringAdam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad, Matt Lintz
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