“Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game” (** out of four) was a superficial mock-documentary set in the current day in which Roger Sharpe (Dennis Boutsikaris) reflects back to 1976 in which he (played at a younger age by Mike Faist) came from the Midwest and was determined to challenge and overturn NYC’s ban on pinball machines, no matter how many political and personal enemies he made. Not exactly the grandest or greatest story to tell about how pinball machines were saved and restored and it’s hard to get a sense on why Sharpe set out on this quest in the first place. Directed with some bounce by Austin and Meredith Bragg and filled with some good ’70’s soundtrack nuggets but film practically evaporates while you’re watching it.

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