IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.7K
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A look at the obsessive world of competitive Scrabble.A look at the obsessive world of competitive Scrabble.A look at the obsessive world of competitive Scrabble.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
Joel Sherman
- Self
- (as 'G.I.' Joel Sherman)
Aldo Cardia
- Self
- (as Aldo)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe last line in the credits reads "This film is rated 1900" - a reference to the National Scrabble Association rating system (1700 and above is considered an expert rating; typically only elite players get to 1900 and up).
- Crazy creditsThis film is rated 1900.
- SoundtracksParalysed
Written by Chaikin and Haber
Performed by E-Wolf and the Moneylenders
Featured review
Pathetic, or enlightened?
I have to disagree vehemently with littlesiddie (though I do love Cambridge, LS!) -- Word Wars is one of the funniest, most engrossing, and occasionally even touching movies I've seen in the past few years, and I don't even like Scrabble. The movie introduces us to 4 top Scrabble competitors, with very different backgrounds, personalities, and approaches to preparing for combat. Their stories reveal a lifestyle that is consumed with Scrabble, as the competitors spend hours memorizing obscure words and battling each other into the wee hours, oblivious to their surroundings, their poverty, their lack of girlfriends....Our heroes (no heroines; women apparently just aren't that obsessive) are at once pathetic, inspiring, and hilarious as we watch the tension build toward the ultimate showdown, the final test of memory, stamina, and individual dominance, the national championship for the big bonanza...grand prize $25,000. Are they just laughable geeks, with no sense of what's important in life? Or are they the truly enlightened, having found their Nirvana in the land of triple word scores? (Plus you learn a lot of cool words.)
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- chamletter
- Jul 18, 2004
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Tiles and Tribulations on the Scrabble Circuit
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $110,617
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,559
- May 31, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $110,617
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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