Console best movie i've ever seen.

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

HomeyTao For having a relatively low budget, the film's style and overall art direction are immensely impressive.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

utubes This movie is great if you want to get a small glimpse of what the early 1980's were like. The cool thing is that the arcade scenes were filmed in a real arcade, and the scene with the punk rockers show what punk rockers really did look like. They look clownish by today's standard and you might think that no one really looked like that, but I can tell you they did in the 1980's. This movie pretty accurately shows what the teenagers in the 1980's had to worry about, which was not much compared to what teenagers of today have to worry about. Those of us who were teenagers in the 1980's do realize now how awesome the 1980's actually were. This movie displays 1980's teenage angst at it's finest!

jadavix In the '80s, the fat guy who is always eating was a staple of low-end comedies like this one. I can only assume that we are supposed to laugh at this: "Look, it's a fat guy! And he's eatin! Har-har!" I guess you have to hand it to the producers of "Joysticks" for adding the additional comedic twist of making their version of this stock character absolutely repulsive. His hair is so greasy it appears wet, his shirt, stretched over his massive gut, is as filthy as a dishrag. He eats cookies covered with tomato sauce.I could not stand to look at this character, and he is in almost every scene.Did I mention this is supposed to be a comedy?The plot: pretty boy runs a video arcade. Evil businessman played by Joe Don Baker, known for classics like "Charley Varrick" and "Walking Tall", wants to shut him down for reasons the movie seems to have forgotten to include. There is also a group of multi-coloured '80s punks, the Vidiots, that the pretty boy wants to kick out: thus the stage is set for not one but two video game tournaments, in which the players use massive joysticks, the knobs so large the players' hands rest upon them like they are crystal balls.There is, of course, also a "nerd" "character", such a stalwart of these movies that there is nothing to say about him except for his being in the movie.This movie really taxed me. There is no tension whatever to be had in watching people play Pac Man, or if there were, the filmmaker certainly has no idea how to show it, so those sequences are merely boring. The rest of the movie disgusted me more than anything else. There's a little nudity, of course, and the movie also supplies perhaps the most repulsive and unconvincing transvestite I have ever seen. The evil businessman has two moronic henchmen - don't they all - and in a movie this bad, someone has to dress up in drag, so it may as well be them.I was really glad it was over, and hopefully I'll forget about it as soon as possible.

Scott LeBrun Although I was of the right age to have gotten caught up in the video game fever of the early 1980s, somehow this silly, obnoxious, but entertaining film managed to escape my notice (I wasn't as into movies as I am now). What it does best is capturing a fad & era on film; it's very much a snapshot of the time. It's also good natured raunch; there's a lot of very attractive young ladies on hand who do show us the goods. I would agree that there isn't much finer in life than sexy young gals jiggling and shaking while totally getting into the playing of the games. Of course, a youth oriented sex comedy of the time isn't complete without an antagonist, and Joe Don Baker fills that bill admirably. Having also starred for director Greydon Clark in the slasher spoof "Wacko", he's an uptight citizen & businessman named Joseph Rutter, who schemes to shut down a popular video arcade, convinced that it's a den of depravity. Opposing him are the amiable operator of the arcade, Jefferson Bailey (Scott McGinnis) and master video game player Jonathan Andrew McDorfus (Jim Greenleaf), while ultimately assisting him is weirdo King Vidiot (Jonathan Gries), who's already constantly butting heads with Jefferson. And the two who are more of a hindrance than a help are Rutter's two moron nephews, Arnie (John Diehl) and Max (John Voldstad). You get a lot of flash with this one, folks: the colours just leap off the screen. This is exceptionally loud 'n' lively stuff, maybe too much so at times, but in the end the movie's hard not to like, even as subtlety is in short supply. The characters are genuinely entertaining, especially scene stealer Gries. Get a load of Diehl's wardrobe, as well. The pop songs are all catchy, and Clark keeps the movie running smoothly along, with episodes such as dweeb / new arcade employee Eugene Groebe (Leif Green) turning on Rutter's neglected wife. Among the lovely ladies are perky Corinne Bohrer as Rutter's daughter Patsy, Playboy Playmates Kym Malin and Lynda Wiesmeier, and B movie babe Becky LeBeau. All in all, "Joysticks" (which never passes up an opportunity for a sexual joke), is irresistibly cheesy and thoroughly unpretentious stuff. Seven out of 10.

smccar77 "Joysticks," is a 1983 sex comedy that revisits the clichéd theme of a small youth led endeavor fighting against traditional older hierarchy. The movie is essentially a "Porkys (1982)," knock-off. The cheesy double entendre of the title is an immediate indicator of what this film will deliver. J is a playful low budget romp touching on themes of video games, puerile sex humor, and underdog status. The distinguishing facets of this film have to do with the assumptions that the writers and film makers make. Specifically, two premises directly influence how such a playful but poor film was produced.The reliance on currently popular slang and vulgarity is typical of this sub-genre of film. The assumption that separates J from other teen comedies involves what is allowed for humor. The writers seem to hold that creating humorous situations is more important than what those same situations may imply. Such an assumption leads to surface level giggles that actually become uncomfortable cringes. For example, two protagonist characters break into the antagonist's home to cause some troubles. In the process, one of the protagonists inevitably falls into the bed of the sedated wife of the antagonist. The wife begins unconsciously groping the protagonist. At this point, the other protagonist character encourages his friend to have sex with the unconscious wife. The entire scene and exchange is meant to be humorous due to an uncomfortable situation and silly opportunistic prodding. The issue arises when the audience considers what would be the outcome if the character in bed actually listened to his friend. Engaging in sex with an unconscious stranger is rape. Of course, the film did not intend to create a situation of cognitive dissonance; yet, the adherence to a premise of creating humor regardless of consequence will inevitably lead to ethically strained situations.The second major assumption and premise follows from the first. The direction of the film relies on the idea that low-brow humor and moderate nudity make for an enjoyable film. This is not completely fallacious. The problems arise when the audience is treated to a film that only relies on sophomoric humor and nudity. The storyline, production quality, film quality, acting, and character development are almost completely neglected. The result is a clumsy vehicle for fart jokes and youthful curves. J comes off as a film directed toward 13 year old males from 1983. Furthermore, J is almost exclusively enjoyed today by the niche audience of males who were 13 years old in 1982.Overall, this is a poor film. That it is a poor film was probably recognized by all who took part in the project. The goal of creating a substandard knock-off was accomplished. In fact, the film does have a few quirky scenes that elicit the occasional chuckle. However, the completed end product is highly dated 80's trash. J is only worth pursuing if 80's American culture was formative in one's life.On a personal note, the film did bring back fond memories for me. I am slightly younger than the target audience, yet this was the type of film that friends and I would try to get video store clerks to rent to us. As to recommendations, I will more than likely do my part in letting this film slip into utter obscurity. 3 of 10 stars.