When you're a film critic, you are occasionally assailed by one of two overwhelming urges: first, to quit, and second, to punch Adam Sandler in the face.
"Pixels" is that rare movie in which both come at once, followed closely by a third urge: to immediately check yourself into a sanatorium and refrain from watching movies for the rest of your life.
This film is that bad, not least because Sandler is the hero — but no, it gets worse: Sandler plays an idiotic man-child named Sam, whose biggest personal achievement was that he was considered a “genius” 8th grader in 1982 for his video game skills. And then some 30 years later, at the age of 45, Sam gets the chance to save the world because of said genius skill.