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Zero Charisma

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A middle-aged nerd serving as grand master of a fantasy board game finds his leadership role of a band of misfits jeopardized by an initiate.
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Zero Charisma takes a refreshingly empathetic -- and often quite funny -- look at characters historically marginalized as one-dimensional archetypes.

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Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 10/11/2013
2.5/5
By failing to push their galumphing antihero toward the self-knowledge he so desperately needs, [the directors] rob the film of its emotional stakes. Go to Full Review Matt Zoller Seitz RogerEbert.com 10/11/2013
2.5/4
There's much to like here. Go to Full Review A.A. Dowd AV Club 10/10/2013
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A barbed indie character study that seems perched, like Big Fan, between dark humor and probing psychodrama. Go to Full Review Aaron Pinkston Battleship Pretension 02/24/2021
Whether or not you consider yourself a nerd (or whether society considers you a nerd), Zero Charisma will work. Go to Full Review Aaron Peterson The Hollywood Outsider 10/12/2018
7.5/10
Zero Charisma is one of those small gems that comes around every so often, a film you would probably be unaware of, were it not for strong word-of-mouth. Go to Full Review Deirdre Crimmins Film Thrills 08/21/2018
Zero Charisma is an excellent example of balancing the audience's perception of a flawed character. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/28/2020 The movie is pitch perfect I know guys like Erik and I know guys like miles, the actors nailed it making it hysterical and identifiably awkward and sad at times. See more 08/06/2016 Zero Charisma isn't for everyone. The movie expects a familiarity with Dungeons & Dragon style tabletop RPGs and the gamer culture. If you're completely unfamiliar with either, avoid this film. The story follows a snarky, anti-social Dungeon Master named Scott who unwittingly welcomes a charismatic hipster into his players circle who shakes up the world he once controlled. Actually, my description oversells the movie just a bit. The movie is fairly dull and most of the jokes are dead on delivery. The film seems lost on its own point, and in the end, it fails to have any point at all. Avoid this one if you can. See more 02/09/2016 Not the unrealistic glamorous portrayal of D&D you usually see, this is an extremely realistic and painful depiction of how the game really is, for better or worse. See more 07/26/2015 Not great, but better than I expected. Somewhat funny and disturbing. See more 03/30/2015 excellent ''Geeksploitation'' ! See more 02/18/2015 King of the geeks, this is a movie about a guy who is exactly what you would expect from a super mega geek. He is the game master of a D&D style type game, with wizards and trolls and such, which basically means he comes up with the quest type missions things that they go on. His world completely falls apart when a new player comes into his game and is too cool, cause he is a geek with a girlfriend and he has a successful website, and the he does things like throwing a sword at his characters head cause he was bored. After that it is a journey in to the geek version of heart of darkness. Apocalypse now for geeks. It has decent acting for what it is trying to do, but is a little hard to watch in parts due to some very uncomfortable situations. 2 Beards Out Of 5 See more Read all reviews
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Katie Graham

Director

Andrew Matthews

Director

Sam Eidson

Scott

Garrett Graham

Miles

Brock England

Wayne

Anne Gee Byrd

Wanda

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Zero Charisma

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Movie Info

Synopsis A middle-aged nerd serving as grand master of a fantasy board game finds his leadership role of a band of misfits jeopardized by an initiate.
Director
Katie Graham, Andrew Matthews
Producer
Thomas Fernandes, Katie Graham, Andrew Matthews, Ezra Venetos
Screenwriter
Andrew Matthews
Distributor
Tribeca Film
Production Co
OJO Entertainment, Shark Films
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 11, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 10, 2014
Runtime
1h 28m
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