IMDb
6.8 /10
737 votes


Documentary · 2009 · 1h 37min
What made more money than the entire American movie industry through the 50s and 60s? Pinball. Special When Lit rediscovers the lure of a lost pop icon. A product of the mechanical and electrical age, the American invention swept the world and defined cool. Now it is relegated to a nostalgic footnote deserving a better fate. Joining the fans, collectors, designers and champion players from across the globe who share a world many of us didn't know still existed.
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IMDb
6.8 /10
737 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
6.6 /10
26 votes
Letterboxd
6.7 /10
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Weighted average
6.7/10