oscaralbert Review of Geri's Game

Geri's Game (1997)

This tragic cartoon deals with the Heartbreak of . . .

[7/10 · 6 September 2018]

. . . Alzheimer's. The title character of GERI'S GAME cannot remember WHO he is exactly, or even HOW MANY of him there are. (It's as if "Eve" can no longer recall how many faces she has, or "Sybil" doesn't know the correct number of table settings to lay out when she's dining alone.) "Walt Brennan" frequently had to contend with others for control of his dentures during his live action features, but he seldom (if ever) needed to wrestle HIMSELF for possession of the false teeth. Now that the original STAR TREK cast have at least a foot (if not both) in the grave, it would be understandable if one of THEM became confused over the issue of whether they were singular or plural, since they all suffered so much as the infinite hands of The Borg. However, GERI'S GAME offers no clue as to if and when its titular geezer had a Borg Encounter of the Myriad Kind. Most viewers will conclude that "Geri" is simply in the final stages of dementia (about as far gone as "The Gipper" was in Year Three of his Administration). Geri's saving grace is that he is NOT depicted with his skeletal finger hovering over America's Nuclear Button!