Jake's (Neil Patrick Harris) daughter, Annie (Sophia Reid-Gantzert), really wants a cell phone for Christmas. In an effort to distract her, he begins telling her the story of how 11-year-old Jake (Winslow Fegley) was desperate to acquire the most valuable of toys in the late 80's: a Nintendo Entertainment System and the lengths he and his friends would go to get one.
This is cute, like an updated version of A Christmas Story where "you'll shoot your eye out" becomes "video games cause violence". The words change but the song remains the same... The nostalgia is strong here, with helpful explanations for those born three decades later. Maybe it will resonate for you, maybe it won't. It's only an hour and 37 minutes so give it a shot. It's currently streaming on HBO Max.
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