Dave Made a Maze
Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation.
24 November 1968, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
3 October 1979, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 December 1979, Seattle, Washington, USA
28 June 1976, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
7 July 1972, Los Angeles County, California, USA
17 September 1963, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
6 July 1978, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA
11 August 1973, Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 August 1954, Forest Hills, Queens, New York, USA
1986
August 17, 2017
It's still worth the trip, but only just.
August 17, 2017
While the dramatic underpinnings could have used more work, the labyrinth that's the focus of "Dave Made a Maze" is truly an amazingly inventive sight to behold.
January 22, 2017
A likeably goofy creative achievement.
August 17, 2017
Watterson does a fine job juggling tone and provides enough visual oddity to make this strangely sincere cardboard adventure work for much of its run time.
August 17, 2017
Watterson appears to have put most of his energy into crafty art direction and practical effects, sorely neglecting story and character development...might elicit a few giggles, but its padded 80 minute running time becomes an endurance test.
August 17, 2017
Although it's a scrappy indie, the movie has something in common with many platinum-plated CGI blockbusters: The visuals are as strong as the script is feeble.
August 17, 2017
The charmingly offbeat turns seriously strange and then veers into the absurd - in a good way.
August 17, 2017
Dave Made A Maze ultimately wears out a thin premise.
August 16, 2017
"Dave Made a Maze" is totally unique.
August 17, 2017
An episodic endeavor enlivened only so much by decent comedy talent dealing with absurdist situations in a hip deadpan that grows monotonous, with dialogue that too often sounds less-than-inspirationally improvised.
August 16, 2017
An inspired half-hour's worth of visual invention is spread out over a forced 80 minutes in Dave Made a Maze, a tribute to '80s horror-fantasy flicks that never quite decides what tone it wants to take.
August 17, 2017
You won't come to "Dave" for the unpolished interplay, but you'll surely stay for its preposterously elaborate kid-crafty sets.
