The most amazing documentary I have ever seen.

One of the most fantastic stories, and cast of characters ever put to screen.

Absolutely brilliant. The most cleverly crafted, entertaining documentary of the decade. And epic battle of good and evil, personified through the lives of two Donkey Kong world champions.

This is a fun documentary that really has you rooting for Steve Wiebe.

Well done documentary about arcade video gaming and what people will do for the number one spot. Even though there has been some criticism about the film not being truthful it doesn't make it any less interesting.

Incredible Rocky-esque story, with interesting insight into a culture that most would otherwise never encounter. I love to hate Billy Mitchell.

I drug the score down an entire Tier just because of Billy Mitchell. What a jackass.

I did not truly understand the meaning of the word "loser" until I learned about Billy Mitchell. What an asshole. Great film though.

People often ask ask me how they can make a documentary as funny, bizarre, and revealing as "The King of Kong." I tell them forget it: it's in your DNA. Either you have it or you don't. And if you do want to make a documentary this good, thereby writing your name into history, you have to pay the price. I'd write more, but there's a Donkey Kong kill screen coming up.

One of the more entertaining documentaries ever created. You may not care about the subject matter when you start the film but by the end you'll at least care about the main character.

The first achievement of this film is to actually portray the rivalrly and the people around it without mocking any of them or their nerd hobby. We instead are faced with the story of an average joe, an underdog in his endless fight against an undisputed king of arcade who was an entire institution on his side and is pretty much an asshole. And while I'm not sure that's how the story really goes, it makes up to an awesome story and a great documentary.

Quite entertaining although some of the entertainment has been achieved by misrepresenting the actual events. The only sure fact I learned was that Billy Mitchell is a douche.

First things first: Billy Mitchell is a classless prick and a cheater. His opponent, Steve Wiebe, seems like a swell guy who just wants to play the damned game and doesn't care much about nerd super-stardom. That being said, I think this film uses some selective editing to make the differences between them a little more pronounced. It badly wants to be an underdog story, and succeeds in that respect; I was pulling for Wiebe all the way. But I don't think the documentation was entirely fair.

On the surface, it's about Nintendo and people who take it a little too seriously. On the next level, it's an awesome underdog sports movie. On the next, it's a fascinating character study of a man beat down by years of failure and driven to succeed. And on another, it's about our collective will to achieve greatness, and the struggle against anonymity. It's my favorite documentary of the last several years.

A good underdog story that is really more of a character study of the two competitors, who are seeped in their respective neuroses, then it is about the game itself.

almost too embarrassing/awkward to watch

Great documentary.

I don't think this movie is supposed to be a comedy but it's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

Lies A LOT to you. Don't get me wrong even with the lies the movie is still decent. It gives a really good depiction of the competitive video game scene and if you're willing to take the story as a work of fiction it is still interesting and surprisingly gripping. I just wish they didn't pretend the story was fact.

steve wiebe is jesus to bill mitchell's satan

A thoroughly enjoyable documentary.