History Film / MazesAndMonsters

* BrokenAesop: The film tries to portray role-playing games as the cause of psychological problems and shows that the three students who stopped playing are completely happy now that they refuse to play anymore. This is ruined both by the evidence at the start of the film that they were already having problems at home that had nothing to do with their choice of entertainment. On top of that, in spite of their home problems, all of them had large, supportive networks of friends if Jay Jay's social circle is anything to go by. Finally, Robbie is still suffering from mental problems at the end of the film despite not playing the game anymore.
** One has to wonder if this was done intentionally by the author of the teleplay, Tom Lazarus. Think about: one of the main fundamentals for writing is being creative so being commissioned to make an anti-''D&D'' movie would be enough to cause some messing about. It's also strange that a film so vehemently against the idea of using one's imagination had a sequence early in the film where the struggling Kate's mother actually ''encourages'' her to use her imagination in her writing.

* AlliterativeTitle.

* MagicAmpersand: The title of the movie.

* NiceHat: Early in the film, when Jay Jay's first scene shows him wearing a World War I German army helmet, the doorman at his apartment building says this to him.

* HollywoodNerd: Oddly enough, all of the group but Robbie (who is ''Tom Hanks''), are social and normal people who just so happen to like playing ''Dungeons and Dragons.'' Which contributes to many people who think the movie is a StealthParody.

** The VHS release shows the actual characters in the film, dressed as their game characters, implying a fun sword-and-sorcery picture.

* CloserToEarth Kate, as she's, supposedly, [[YouGoGirl a modern girl trying to be respected for her intellect]] while the male players are mostly seen as callow and [[HollywoodDateless Hollywood Friendless]].