Unicorn City

2012 "You are what you pretend to be"
5.5| 1h43m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 24 February 2012 Released
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Official Website: http://www.unicorncity.com/
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Voss entices local gamers to create a utopia to impress a potential employer, but paradise is disrupted when his nemesis lays claim to the city and Voss's true love.

Genre

Comedy, Romance

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Bryan Lefler

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Unicorn City Audience Reviews

MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting
XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.
Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
TheBlueHairedLawyer Unicorn City is a funny comedy about roleplaying nerds whose entire lives revolve around their lame fantasy worlds. Marsha is friends with Voss, but secretly loves him and he won't get her hints. While trying to get a job to pay the rent, he proves he can manage a team by creating a fantasy utopia of elves, warlocks, centaurs, trolls and knights, a world which he calls 'Unicorn City'. Meanwhile a creepy old man, ShadowHawk, is jealous and trying to compete, plotting to be rid of this new roleplaying experiment and claiming Marsha for himself.Unicorn City has its moments, some of the more hilarious being a man with a refrigerator strapped to his back and horse legs taped to the end (a centaur), a tramp dressed as a genie who shows up to roleplay, the fat comic relief character Clancy and two bumbling cops who try to arrest these geeks because they think they're loitering and plotting some criminal activities. I wish they hadn't put in the whole environmental hippie crud message about the Superfund site and the ground being poison where the nerds had set up their game, but eh, what're you gonna do? It was a minor annoyance, the rest of the film was great. There was swearing, but not too much to overtake the movie. The acting was decent and the soundtrack was funny. It appears to take place in Arizona but I'm not certain.I don't roleplay and some of my friends do, so they found this film offensive to their hobbies (obsessions), but really it's just a comedy, it isn't declaring that all of these gamers are this way, it just depicts the extreme ones in a comedic light. I think this is a hilarious movie and I think others would find it just as funny as I did.
Justin Klett (justice-defender1) I saw this movie twice at GenCon in Indianapolis, IN in 2011. It is my firm and steadfast opinion that it was the best part of my time there. Each character is 100% believable. Anyone who has gamed has known at least one of the characters portrayed, be it the overbearing and power hungry GM, the one who takes it WAY too seriously, or the face-sucking couple. The story is amazingly detailed and wonderfully simple, firmly rooted in fantasy and lightly influenced by reality. This is a wonderful movie for any person, young or old, not just gamers. It's for anyone who has ever wanted adventure, anyone who ever picked up a stick and imagined it was Excalibur. It is a must see for veteran gamers, n00bs, and non-gamers alike.
Lauren Carpenter I had to travel about four hours to see this movie, but it was worth it. I happen to be a gamer, but you don't have to be one to enjoy this movie. It plays up all the gamer stereotypes, but the humor is universal. They don't get into game mechanics or terminology much, so anyone can understand it. The characters are so funny. The way they react to certain situations is priceless. I was laughing so hard, and I was not the only one. Everyone in our entire theater was laughing. The humor was goofy, but I don't think it was too over-the-top. I was an instant fan. I highly recommend seeing it if you are even remotely close to a theater that is playing it.
caseydpeterson When a culture has the ability to make fun of itself while making you care about the characters and what they do in their lives, you have a movie that is going to receive my praise. I don't care if it is the culture of business, rock, or gamer, and good movie spoofing what it is is always welcome. Unicorn City was funny, clever, and well written. I didn't understand the lingo all the time, but didn't have to to get the full effect of the jokes. The Centaur stole the show, but their were plenty of other memorable characters that kept me laughing. Clean, family friendly comedy. I recommend it for all ages, and great to see with a group of friends as you will all be quoting lines from the movie. My hat is off to the Live Action Gaming community, you can make a real funny movie.