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Scott Schueller, Chicago Tribune: Take maniacal classic video game champion Billy Mitchell, questionable video game world-record organization Twin Galaxies and unemployed dad Steve Wiebe vying to usurp the champ and you've got a great story. Read more
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times: The movie's Rocky formula proves irresistible. Read more
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: The King of Kong is very entertaining (and doesn't overstay its welcome)... Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: A classic video-arcade game becomes the means of an epic struggle in this funny, surprisingly poignant video documentary. Read more
Denver Post: With the results up in the air until the very end of the film, you will care who wins the goofy contest. Read more
Keith Phipps, AV Club: The film keeps up a dramatic pace but it never loses sight of the personal stories. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Wonderful, hilarious documentary. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: A hilarious and moving study of the obsessive competition between the all-time scoring leader on Donkey Kong, an odd Floridian, and a father of two who gets sucked into a world of mind-blowing passive-aggressiveness. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A sprightly new documentary that's as compulsively watchable as the vintage video game it focuses on is addictive. Read more
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle: Nerds rule. Read more
Adam Graham, Detroit News: Directed by Seth Gordon, the film illuminates and draws you into a subculture you never knew existed and makes you genuinely care about its characters. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: A funny and madly arresting new documentary. Read more
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press: The big laughs here come from the subjects' self-absorption. Read more
Luke Y. Thompson, L.A. Weekly: It may seem overblown when one of the gamers calls Donkey Kong a metaphor for life, but The King of Kong is just that -- a reminder of how we all have to prove ourselves to others. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Heartbreaking and hilarious... Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: Not since 300 have I seen such manly mano-a-manoing as the iron clash of wills in the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: A gripping yarn, an edge-of-your-seat thriller, as well as a mocking insider's view and a genuine giggle. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Thoroughly engaging, even as it explores the ugly underbelly of competitive gaming. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A documentary that is beyond strange. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: A hilarious story about an unbelievable collection of arrested-teenage morons and, yes, an inspiring fable of persistence and redemption. Read more
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: A pretty great trip down memory lane, even if you were one of the cool kids who managed to avoid the arcade scene. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: A stupendously entertaining nonfiction film concerning the cutthroat battle for world records on coin-operated arcade games. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A terrifically entertaining documentary about an unlikely subject. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Hilarious and eye-popping. Read more
David Jenkins, Time Out: You could hardly call it a paragon of impartial filmmaking, but this is still a compelling and immersive glance into the nature of competitiveness and the corrupting aspects of fame. Read more
Ronnie Scheib, Variety: Hollywood may find it difficult to cast two big-name stars willing to play it as broadly as the real-life hero and villain of this tale. Nor would many self-respecting scriptwriters dare to match the sheer improbability of these actual happenings. Read more
Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice: [The King of Kong] would play like dark comedy were there not such honest-to-God cruelty at its core. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Is there anything more tiresome than watching people play video games? Seth Gordon's documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters answers that question with a decisive yes: watching a movie about people playing video games. Read more