a fun but flimsy retro video game pastiche; the affable "Max Cloud" is not particularly engaging (or coherent) as a story. The movie hits plenty of nostalgia buttons for gamers, but that's the most it has to offer
"Max Clouds" would make a fantastic short, but mostly runs out of steam as a feature-length idea, propped up by amusing performances and select moments of side-scrolling escapism
by Randy Myers [San Jose Mercury News ]
by Brian Orndorf [Blu-ray.com ]
