Review of Game Night (2018) by 43In2014 — 11 Mar 2018
The short review: An action comedy with lots of laughs and twists, but with a not entirely realistic plot.
Related media: There are no related films or books. What's it like?: Jason Bateman's and Rachel McAdams's husband and wifeThe short review: An action comedy with lots of laughs and twists, but with a not entirely realistic plot.
Related media: There are no related films or books.
What's it like?: Jason Bateman's and Rachel McAdams's husband and wife characters love game nights (involving board games), hosts them and are very competitive at them. Bateman's character's brother (Kyle Chandler) return from overseas, hosts one game night where he raises the bar by including a pretend-kidnapping-find-the-clues game. However, things soon get out of hand and it becomes unclear which is reality and which is pretend. A comedy.
Pros: 1) There are many funny and silly moments that made my laugh out loud.
2) The film is rather surprising and unpredictable.
3) There is great chemistry between Bateman and McAdams and between the two other couples.
Cons: 1) There is quite a bit of gun violence and blood that made some moments too tense. It is an R-rated film though.
2) The film has a plot that strings together a series of events which are unlikely to follow one another, so that's not very plausible then. How would the the different age groups rate it?
Children: (This is an R-rated film).
Teens: Good.
Young adults: Good.
Medium age adults: Good.
Old adults: Average.
Rating: 4/5 (no half scores). It's worthwhile to pay to watch it in the cinema.
This review of Game Night (2018) was written by 43In2014 on 11 Mar 2018.
Game Night has generally received positive reviews.
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