Patrick Creadon’s Wordplay (2006) not only interviews contestants of the annual crossword puzzle tournament, but the film also interviews celebrity puzzlers. The various celebrities presented in the film relate crosswords to bigger puzzles in life that parallel with their careers. The celebrities are also present to add big names to the film’s movie posters and make the film more popular.

It is nothing special to live a life filled with puzzles and problems waiting to be solved, but when one’s hobby and passion also contain puzzles one finds characters like those presented in Patrick Creadon’s Wordplay (2006). Creadon interviews crossword tournament contestants in the months before the 2005 tournament. While at the tournament, he captures these contestants submerged in the element they thrive in, surrounded by crossword enthusiasts just like them. The puzzlers are truly unique. Their passion for crosswords is obvious to any viewer of the film.