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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe film's images have a loose, rough, textured liveliness that honors the spirit of Chinatown Fair.
- 75RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAt its best, The Lost Arcade captures the sense of competition, community and commitment by these people, many of whom saw Chinatown Fair as not just an escape but a home.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe film meets the open door, come-as-you-are community on its own level, freely following both new and recurring faces over its diffuse 79 minutes and avoiding the forced, interwoven three-character structure that far too many works of American nonfiction seem obliged to employ.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFor all the sloppiness of its approach, The Lost Arcade is an enjoyable and nostalgic portrait of a bygone era and a local institution that has now lost the pungent atmospheric flavor that made it so unique.
- 70The New York TimesKen JaworowskiThe New York TimesKen JaworowskiPart scrappy, part sweet and wholly enjoyable, The Lost Arcade is a love letter to a vanished piece of New York, and a little wish for the future.
- 70VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe Lost Arcade is an engaging minor movie, but it touches on something that’s being lost in the age of technology that’s much bigger than video-game arcades: the feeling that there’s a reason — driving and inescapable and romantic — to leave home.
- 58The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloAt bottom, this is the story of freaks and geeks everywhere: a quest for the like-minded, rooted in obsessive engagement with a tiny sliver of pop culture.
- 50The PlaylistAndrew CrumpThe PlaylistAndrew CrumpThe Lost Arcade suffers not because it lacks an egalitarian heart, but because Vincent makes his arguments through a myopic lens.