Todd Holland's The Wizard (or Joy Stick Heroes ..., Game Over, Gameboy depending on your casette) is a 1989 adventure comedy-drama film starring Fred Savage. The premise is seemingly simple and even inviting. Savage's brother is a kind of Rainman of videogames so they decide to hitchhike to have him enter a massive video game competition. What's amazing is the sheer cast: Christian Slater, Beau Bridges ... But it's all wasted. But is the Wizard as bad as people say it is. No (apologies to NC).
That said, the one, big disappointment is since the film is essentially supposed to be an advertisement for Nintendo, most of the games featured look awful. The use of video games at times doesn't even logically make sense (in one scene the film has the Dougle Dragon game playing - the NES version - IN AN ARCADE!).
Still, having Savage utter lines like "You got 50,000 on Dougle Dragon" can't be all bad. Unfortunately, most people aren't going to tolerate waiting for the big fight at the end that features a preview of Super Mario Brothers 3 - and it is worth the wait.
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