Reel Clues Board Game

by University Games

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.6 x 10.6 x 10.6 inches ; 2.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000066543
• Manufacturer recommended age: 12 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,872 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Product Description

The card reads The Big Chill. Can you get your team to guess it- by drawing a picture? And how's your Marilyn Monroe imitation? Better yet, how's your dad's? Great fun for serious film buffs and regular movie lovers alike, this game from AMC gets you into the Action! Five different ways to play keep you on your feet, and over 1,000 movies from 1922 to 2002 keep things fresh. You'll complete your challenges (imitations, guessing a movie from a list of clues, etc.) to earn points. Cash points in for Make a Movie cards with the names of actors, directors, screenplays and locations on them. Complete your movie and win! Comes with game board, 330 AMC Reel Clues Cards, 54 Make a Movie Cards, a Storyboard and erasable crayon, four playing pieces and a die. For 4 or more players.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun!, November 27, 2002

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Laurie Jones "lzombies" (Bronx,, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Reel Clues Board Game (Toy)

My husband and I bought this game not having played it previously. It just sounded like fun since we are both such movie buffs. Well after reading the directions, I was a little worried about playing it but we tried it and just loved it. My friends and I love playing board games when we get together and while they were uncertain about being able to play it, they are not the movie nuts that we are, they had a great time. They have purchased it as well. We've played many games in one night! The object of the game is for your team to get two actor cards, 2 location cards, one director card and one screenplay card to win. You collect the cards by earning points for the questions your team answers. The game cards have five sections called "Take 1 through to Take 5. Take 1 gives you a category, drama, comedy, etc., and five clues for your team to guess a movie title. Take 2 has your teammate guess either an actor's name or movie title - you have to think of the clues to give. Take 3 is a riot - drawing a movie title is a blast. Take 4 is guessing an actor's name by not giving their movie titles -- just giving tidbits about their life, the storyline of one of their movies, or by doing an imitation of them. Take 5 gives you three movie titles and your team has to tell which one doesn't belong. All game play is by timer and each team has an opportunity to steal the points if your team does not get the answer correctly (exception to this is Take 2 which you cannot steal). The movies go from really old, black & white, to today's movies. The questions run from the really challenging to easy. We are really glad we bought it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A movie-centric "Cranium", January 13, 2004

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Blake Petit "Novelist, columnist & reviewer" (Ama, Louisiana United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Reel Clues Board Game (Toy)

I got this game for Christmas and, being a movie buff, I popped it right open, gathered up some family and gave it a whirl. It's not a fantastic game, but it is a lot of fun. The object is to assemble a "film crew" by winning cards with the names of directors, actors, locations and movie titles on them -- to do this, you win chips by playing various movie trivia games: word association, imitation, drawing and more. It reminds me of another favorite game of mine, "Cranium," in that it combines lots of other games.

The only complaint I have about the manufacture of the game are the clear yellow chips you accumulate to purchase your cards -- on certain surfaces the chips become almost invisible, and I'm still not certain I didn't lose a couple in a plush carpet.

Still, it's a lot of fun, and while it will primarily appeal to movie buffs, there are enough different games and diverse enough questions to give everyone a fun time.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Better for Baby-Boomers and Older, August 2, 2005

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Movie Girl (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Reel Clues Board Game (Toy)

I am a movie fanatic, but I am only 22 years old. The game was purchased by family who thought it was a perfect match, and I was excited too...until I started playing it. No one knew the answers to any of the questions. Nearly all of the questions dealt with movies and people that were big long before I was born, so I would recommend only the most hard-core film buffs (as in UCLA Graduate film history student) or those over the age of 40 should purchase this game. Even though it seems like it could be a very fun game, it hasn't left my shelf since last Christmas and has been collecting a very impressive collection of dust.