The Games Maker

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The Games Maker
The Games Maker poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJuan Pablo Buscarini
Written byJuan Pablo Buscarini
Damon Syson
Lucinda Syson
Produced byPablo Bossi
Juan Pablo Buscarini
Guido De Angelis
Marco De Angelis
Nicola De Angelis
José Ibáñez
Tina Roberts
Starring Joseph Fiennes
Tom Cavanagh
Megan Charpentier
Valentina Lodovini
Robert Verlaque
Ed Asner
David Mazouz
CinematographyMatías Mesa
Roman Osin
Edited by Austin Andrews
Music byKeith Power
Production
companies
Buena Vista International
Pampa Films
Sepia Films
Dap Italy
7GLAB
Orinoco Films
Benteveo Producciones
Telefe
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 26 June 2014 (2014-06-26)
Running time
111 minutes
CountriesArgentina
Canada
Italy
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million
Box office$5.2 million [1]

The Games Maker (Spanish : El inventor de juegos) is a 2014 Argentine-Canadian family adventure film co-written and directed by Juan Pablo Buscarini and starring David Mazouz, Joseph Fiennes, Megan Charpentier, Tom Cavanagh and Ed Asner. [2]

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Plot summary

Young Ivan Drago places first in a mail-in contest for board game inventors, only to be disappointed after receiving the grand prize of a temporary tattoo. However, he soon discovers his tattoo is permanent, prompting his father to reach out to Ivan's long-estranged grandfather. Soon after, Ivan's parents are lost in a balloon race, whereupon Ivan is placed in a strict school, where classmates and teachers alike constantly show their dislike for him. Ivan escapes the school to run away to his grandfather in Zyl, the games capital. Once there, Ivan learns that his tattoo matches a missing piece in the town jigsaw puzzle, and is a symbol of Morodian, the man who stole the puzzle piece and is responsible for Zyl's downfall as the greatest game-making town.

Ivan runs off to confront Morodian, who had been tracking Ivan his whole life, and was responsible for the disappearance of Ivan's parents. Morodian puts Ivan to work as his personal games maker, but Ivan escapes with the missing puzzle piece and his parents, who Morodian was keeping hostage. With Morodian vanquished, Ivan replaces the missing puzzle piece, his father is reunited with Ivan's grandfather, and Zyl is restored to its former glory.

Cast

Reception

The Games Maker received mixed reviews. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 40% approval rating based on 5 reviews, and an average rating score of 4.6/10. [3]

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References

  1. "The Games Maker (2014) - Financial Information". www.the-numbers.com.
  2. "'The Games Maker': Hong Kong Review". www.hollywoodreporter.com.
  3. "The Games Maker". www.rottentomatoes.com.