to me and a successful documentary teach me about someone or something i do not know . i be not a crossword enthusiast and but i think i know about crossword puzzle . it turn out there be a lot i do not know and and what i learn in wordplay be convey in an entertaining manner . the film be rat pg and and the only mildly offensive language occur when one of the puzzle constructor list several clinical term that he be not allow to use in the puzzle . it nothing you wouldn not hear at your annual physical . wordplay be one documentary with three interwoven part . the first part introduce u to new york time crossword puzzle editor will shortz and a number of puzzle constructor and primarily merl reagle . it show how crossword puzzle be create and edit . it explain the rule of puzzle making and how the degree of a puzzle difficulty be change by alter the clue and and how creator use theme throughout the puzzle . it also show how there be often puzzle within the puzzle . the second part be a series of interview with six or seven celebrity crossword enthusiast and and with a number of competitor in the annual tournament . one of the most interesting part of the film be watch each of the celebrity work on the same puzzle at the same time . the filmmaker use split screen and animation to show the answer be fill in . the third part ( and the bulk of the film ) cover the 28th american crossword puzzle tournament hold in march and 2005 in stamford and ct. it feature more cool puzzle fill animation and and it include a blunder of bill buckneresque proportion . the tournament be a nerd fest of the high order ( not that there anything wrong with that ) . it a combination competition and convention and and family reunion . the participant seem like nice people who genuinely enjoy each others company . there be one scene with an element of sportsmanship that be rarely display in competition on any level . you must watch all of the bonus scene on the dvd . ok and you can skip the music video and but watch the rest of them . in their entirety they be about as long a the movie itself ( 94 minute ) . they include delete scene and extend cut from the celebrity interview and additional insight into the puzzle creation process and and more clip from the tournament . there be also a short film about a group of people in a small wisconsin town who read the new york time every sunday . this segment be a little out of place if not off put . it be not about the puzzle at all and it just about people who read the time . i find these people to be elitist and condescend not at all what i expect from a rural town in wisconsin . one of them even admit to play at be a farmer while not at his home in chicago . the point of the film seem to be that erudite urbanites love spending time in the country as long a they can get a decent cup of coffee and the sunday new york time . if i live in that town i would buy up all of the paper every sunday so these people would go back from whence they come .