The Blockbuster Game: A Movie Party Game for The Whole Family

This was so much fun. But when we played with a couple who didn't grow up in the states it was difficult for them. I guess one could still know American movies so it could just depend. Good game though!!!

Fun packaging. Game for whole family, as long as you can read. Extensive knowledge of movies not mandatory. Fun to see who knows their movies, or who is clever enough to find a work around. We did plow through a lot of cards, so we'll see if the game holds up when we need to repeat.

Great game to play with friends and family

Fun game! Having two group of 4 or more makes it more fun.

My daughter picked it out

I would have no issue with rating this game at 5 stars if the buzzer would have worked.

So much fun!!!

Product arrived broken. It was a gift but I don’t want to give someone a damaged gift.

When this item arrived I was so happy when I opened the parcel. the immediate wave of nostalga was amazing. The packaging for this game is next to none. From the vhs box (With large blockbuster logo) to the fold up blockbuster car park and sign (which act as the games board), I was immediately excited to play the game.I played this game with 10 people with a varying degree of film knowledge, however, this did not seem to matter. Firstly you start by splitting into two teams and setting up the blockbuster car park board - There is also a buzzer/timer (always fun), 2 stacks of 'film cards' and a stack of 'head to head cards' - Both teams then choose a tribute to go 'Head to Head'. This is where the buzzer really gets involved. A 'head to head card' is turned over and it will say the category for the 'head to head', eg. 'a film with tom cruise in'. then pure panic and hover hand (over the buzer) sets in as everyone forgets all knowledge they were previously bragging about. they take in turns of naming a film - within 15 seconds - until there is a victor.next up is the team part. The winner of the head to head gives their team the advantage, they pick 6 'film cards' - which are all just names of films seperated by the genre that film is - and picks the 3 cards they think are the easiest and give the other 3 to the loser. They will then have 30 seconds to convey these films to there team using the following 3 methods (3 cards, 3 methods you can't use the same method for all 3 cards) 1. using one word to describe the film. 2. quoting the film (what is good here is that you don't have to use a real quote, you can make up something that vaguely resembles something from the film) and 3. act out the film. This can get incredibly fun and 'yelly'.The general consensus was everyone wanted to play all night and it has the option of being a fun party game out at the pub or can be played with a small group (min of 4).

Easy to learn and pick up quickly. Great funny for movie lovers. My 11 year old finds some of the older movies tricky or ones he's not seen as their not age appropriate. This is our new favourite family game by far. First up is head to head buzzer round for example name "films set on a plane"...you keep naming movies until the buzzer timer runs out and whoever says the last film wins and gets to pick six cards from the movie pile. This contains movies of all types, eight categories in total at random. Keep the three you think you partner can guess and give the hard ones to the opposite team! Three categories, one word hint, quote from movie and Act it out. You place each card where you think your partner will guess the movie on the card from. Sounds a lot but it's really not. You'll love the game like my family of four do.

Big Potato have done it again - a fantastic party game centred around movie titles. Easy to learn and hours of fun to be had. Played last night with husband and 2 sons age 23 and 17. Game lasted about an hour though I think mainly down to laughing at people's attempts to act out movie titles such as I, Daniel Blake and The Evil Dead to name only 2. The premise of the game is so simple but so effective. Hopefully an expansion pack will be rolled out but in the meantime there are enough cards to avoid any repetition for a good while. If you like movies and are old enough to remember the Blockbusters franchise then this is the game for you. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Annoyingly this game comes with a sticker you need to apply for the Blockbuster sign, and it's possible to stick it upside down. This doesn't affect the gameplay, but it is a little frustrating. The game itself is fun to play, but does require a reasonable knowledge of films for everyone to feel included. You're trying to get your partner/team to guess the films on the cards by miming, quoting, or saying a single word clue. It's a nice touch that the game box is a replica of the video tape cassettes that Blockbuster used, giving a strong nostalgia vibe.

Such a fun game - it's very easy to understand the rules and play, really perfect for people who love cinema! I love that it has 2 stages to it, one being the "head to head" to get us remembering movies, and the second being the different options to get your team guessing.The design of the game is very cute, with the nice iconic parking lot working as the board and a nice buzzer - I played a few times already and it was a lot of fun already.I really hope they release an extension with more cards or even more categories and ways to play, it would really help to extend the playability for longer.