Noobz


An across-the-board comedic misfire that lamely tries to hitch its trailer to the $17-billion-a-year videogaming industry, Noobz trades entirely in familiar road movie and competitive-event flick clichés, and seems to regard its mere existence as a triumph that should be shared by all. A wearying stinker unredeemed by a handful of brave, game, small supporting turns (namely from Zelda Williams and Napoleon Dynamite‘s Jon Gries), multi-hyphenate Blake Freeman’s film is kind of like a cross between Road Trip, Empire RecordsThe King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters and the modern-day videogame comedy that Kevin Smith’s third cousin never got around to writing. For the full, original review, from ShockYa, click here(Big Air Studios, R, 100 minutes)