![]() Set in suburban Chicago in the late 1980s, the story centers on ten-year-old Jake Doyle’s (Fegley) herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas. It will put you in the Christmas mood.Ī humorous and heartfelt look back at the adventures of childhood. ![]() If you are looking for a pure, unadulterated, fun, heartwarming Christmas movie without a hint of cynicism, then you need to see 8-Bit Christmas. Steve Zahn is also perfect as Jake’s father doing the perpetual home remodel.Ĩ-Bit Christmas is slightly reminiscent of another movie that revolves around the quest for a BB-gun, but 8-Bit Christmas is much more relatable to my generation. No Jose Canseco rookie card, no GI Joe hovercraft, no Teddy friggin' Ruxpin-just Nintendo. It's 1980-something and all nine-year-old Jake Doyle wants for Christmas is a Nintendo Entertainment System. As their journey unfolds and he relays how superficial his childhood was, it becomes. Quite frankly, I love just about everything Neil Patrick Harris is in and this is no exception. Kevin Jakubowski (Goodreads Author) 4.07 Rating details 343 ratings 83 reviews. Based on Kevin Jakubowskis novel of the same name, HBO Maxs 8-Bit Christmas details the story of Jake (Neil Patrick Harris) as he tells his daughter, Annie, of a decades-old adventure as he and his friends tried to procure a Nintendo for Christmas in 1988. Told as a series of flashbacks from an adult Jack Doyle to his daughter, 8-Bit Christmas immediately takes me back to my youth with all the nostalgia I could hope for. Coming up with various schemes and plans and dealing with a bully in the process. Even if you didn’t own a Nintendo, you will love this movie.Ĩ-Bit Christmas tells the story of Jake Doyle’s quest to get a NES in the face of overwhelming opposition from his parents. ![]() If you owned a Nintendo (and who didn’t, other than my husband) then 8-Bit Christmas is a movie you are going to love. I spent countless hours playing Super Mario and Duck Hunt and Zelda and Metroid. Do you remember when that came out? I do. Pictures NOW Streaming EXCLUSIVELY on HBO Max
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