‘Tetris’ review: Hollywood loves a corporate origin story, even for falling blocks
by Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune
Mar 29, 2023
4 minutes
A combination of art and math, Tetris is 8-bit poetry in motion — or so goes the sales pitch offered up in director Jon S. Baird’s biopic about efforts to license the Russian video game for distribution and … are you still awake?
Hollywood loves a corporate origin story. Next month comes “Air,” the mash note to Nike delivered as a Ben Affleck and Matt Damon movie. In May, we’ll see the release of “BlackBerry.” But first on deck is Apple TV+ with “Tetris.”
Starring Taron Egerton (“Kingsman: The Secret Service”), the stylistic approach is upbeat, bordering on camp
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