Discover a world that thinks inside the box.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Will Shortz, Merl Reagle, Tyler Hinman, Norman Payne, Al Sanders, Ellen Ripstein, Jon Delfin |
| Director |
Patrick Creadon |
| Screenplay | Patrick Creadon, Christine O'Malley |
| Music | Peter Golub |
| Cinematography | Patrick Creadon |
| Editing | Douglas Blush |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Made in | 2006 |
| Produced by | Grinder Productions, O'Malley Creadon Productions, The Weinstein Company |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Medium
| Genre | Drama |
| Language | None |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer  Take a peek, it's very absorbing. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople Dit is senutergend! | 15 | |
| Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal | 14 | |
| The Citizen Sabrina Dean I would definitely recommend Wordplay. | 11 |  |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge If you love words and word games, you will be delighted. | 10 |  |
| 24.com Ivan Sadler Funny and touching in equal measure, it is a feel good film that celebrates intellect and small achievements, and is highly recommended. | 15 | |
| Box Office Bridget Byrne Here's a movie that actually makes it seem fun to try to be clever. | 15 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 15 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson A smart, breezy look at the history and appeal of crosswords. | 10 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers I thought I'd be bored stiff watching a bunch of word geeks gather in Stamford, Connecticut, for the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Boy, was I wrong. | 15 | |
| ScreenItHow do you spell a fun, funny and engaging documentary? Why, it's ''W-O-R-D-P-L-A-Y.'' | 14 | |
| Metacritic.com 35 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 114 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer An entertaining, brainy crowd-pleaser. | 19 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 1315 Netizens A delight for linguists and fans of words, not bad for everyone else. | 15 | |
Average .. 71% | 14 | |