Word Wars

The directorial debut of filmmakers Eric Chaikin and Julian Petrillo, Word Wars: Tiles and Tribulations on the Scrabble Circuit is a humorous documentary look at the culture surrounding the National Scrabble Tournament. Focusing on four players in particular, the film details the intense ...more

An involving but not always illuminating window into the world of competitive Scrabble, Word Wars joins the documentary niche shared by Spellbound and a handful of earlier Scrabble-themed films. Like Spellbound, it's more interested in the idiosyncrasies of its characters than in showcasing the training regimens that elevated them to dominance. The problem is, the characters aren't over-the-top quirky, just shy of the type you'd find in a Christopher Guest mockumentary, which would allow them to ...more