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Top Review
Yukta
Great humor without being too raunchy. Unexpectedly thrilling and disarmingly funny, Game Night might be one of the most overlooked gems of 2018. Taking a deliciously unique premise and ringing every ounce of energy and excitement out of it, we get an hour and 40 minutes of unpredictable twists, likeable characters and plentiful belly laughs. The screenplay revels in the dark comedy it effortlessly extracts from every scene and every bizarre character interaction. Billy Magnussen plays exactly what I think of when I think 'Funny Movie Idiot', often allowed to deliver the best lines while looking completely oblivious to what is going on around him. Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams have great chemistry as the uber-competitive leads, balancing marital issues with fighting for the life of another, and its great to witness how much closer the journey brings them. The principal reason to watch the film is because of just how laugh-out-loud hilarious it is, but there's a lot else going on too. With an inventive storyline and ability to keep you guessing right up until the end.The rest of the cast blew me away. I laughed quite a bit through this movie. It's not a life changing film but it is something to watch on a movie night where you're looking for something goofy to watch. Definitely a must see.
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Game Night
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- Genre : Action,Comedy,Mystery
- Runtime : 1h 40m
- Cast : Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler
- Director : John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein
- Producer : Aggregate Films, Davis Entertainment, New Line Cinema
- Language : English
- Release Date : 23 Feb 2018
- Rating : R
Reviews
Mayur posted a review for Game Night in Movies
Hilarious, smart and very well directed. Game Night is a fresh air in the comedy genre, the cast is great, the script is surprinsingly creative and the execution is marvelous. It's definitely one of the best comedies of this year. I was really impressed with just how much fun this movie was. While sightly predictable, the chemistry between Bateman and McAdams is electric and the laughs are aplenty. Loved this movie.delivers the dark-comedy that audiences were hoping for, while delivering a not quite family-friendly, yet thrilling film. A definite must watch movie for comedy lovers, comparable to movies like the dictator.
Priya posted a review for Game Night in Movies
A must see comedy that will take you on a continuous ride and keep you laughing. I would say it targets a special age range. The chemistry between Rachel and Jason is awesome. They play together so well. What I enjoyed most about this film was the cast's chemistry together and the energy they all brought to the screen. I felt like the characters were extremely weak with no real depth to any of them. But the actors all brought this fun and excitement to their roles that made their journey so fun to follow. Did I care about any of their backstories or underlying problems? No, but each one gave me some laughs and giggles throughout. Overall, this film has a cool, interesting story. I think it does try and be a little bit more than it should be though. It reaches farther and tries to be smarter than it really is by trying to throw all these different things at you. It tries to take the film in one way, then another, then another. While I had some fun with the idea of 'Is this real or not?', it kept trying to be smarter than it should've been. I think that led to some pretty glaring plot holes (that I won't spoil), enough to detract from the experience sometimes
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Riya posted a review for Game Night in Movies
Quite honestly, this is a film that I didn't expect to be as well-written as it was, due to his previous works. Having written movies like Accepted and Herbie Fully Loaded, I was worried that many of the jokes were going to feel juvenile or fall flat on their face, but I was dead wrong. Just goes to show that you can't even truly judge a movie by its trailer anymore, no matter how good or bad it looks. I can't believe I'm going to say this about a silly premise like this, but not only does this movie have a great script in terms of comedy and drama, but this is a unique film from a visual standpoint. Whether they make the town look like a board game or use the camera as a character, Game Night is a very well-shot movie. The way this movie transitions from scene to scene or how it makes you feel like you're watching/playing an elaborate game yourself was very inventive. In the end, I honestly can't think of any glaring issues, other than the fact that many cliched tropes are used in order to make certain plot devices easy to accomplish. Yes, there are a few easy ways out that are taken here, which can definitely lead to some eye-rolling moments from audiences, but that's to be expected for a comedy like this. From the fun premise to the well-executed story overall, and the addition of hilarious gags and surprisingly emotional moments, Game Night is a complete blast. This is the definition of popcorn entertainment that really works. Even though it's not perfect, it's perfect for what it sets out to accomplish, which is to keep its audience engaged.
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Tanishq posted a review for Game Night in Movies
Good comedies are extremely hard to come by these days. For every great one, there seem to be roughly 20 terrible ones. That's not a great track record to have, but in all fairness, the great ones feel like such a breath of fresh air when they hit theatres and are talked about positively in the public eye. So, I think you can see where I'm going with this. Game Night is one of the best comedies I've seen in quite some time. It doesn't break new grounds in terms of humor, but when a movie can hold your interest and keep you engaged even when there's no comedy in a specific moment, it's doing something right. It's rare for me to say this, but I think you'll be hard-pressed to assume that you'll see a better mainstream comedy in the coming months of 2018. If you're looking for an entertaining ride at the movies, here's why I think you should check out Game Night. Following a group of friends who gather together for a night of board games and charades once a week, they're in a state of shock when an old friend and brother of one of them shows up to play. Giving them an invitation to his place to continue their tradition elsewhere, a murder mystery night turns into a night of twists on top of twists. Are people actually being murdered? Are the double-crossers really double-crossing? These are questions that constantly come up throughout this movie and that's precisely what made it such a good movie as a whole. I loved the fact that it didn't try to come up with stupid jokes as filler. The comedy in Game Night is terrific and very well-written. I found myself laughing both at the humor itself and how writer Mark Perez was able to callback certain moments and extend jokes to make them even funnier as the film progressed. On top of that, this movie is filled with twists on top of twists. Some of them are played for gags and others for either drama or character development.
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Yukta posted a review for Game Night in Movies
Great humor without being too raunchy. Unexpectedly thrilling and disarmingly funny, Game Night might be one of the most overlooked gems of 2018. Taking a deliciously unique premise and ringing every ounce of energy and excitement out of it, we get an hour and 40 minutes of unpredictable twists, likeable characters and plentiful belly laughs. The screenplay revels in the dark comedy it effortlessly extracts from every scene and every bizarre character interaction. Billy Magnussen plays exactly what I think of when I think 'Funny Movie Idiot', often allowed to deliver the best lines while looking completely oblivious to what is going on around him. Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams have great chemistry as the uber-competitive leads, balancing marital issues with fighting for the life of another, and its great to witness how much closer the journey brings them. The principal reason to watch the film is because of just how laugh-out-loud hilarious it is, but there's a lot else going on too. With an inventive storyline and ability to keep you guessing right up until the end.The rest of the cast blew me away. I laughed quite a bit through this movie. It's not a life changing film but it is something to watch on a movie night where you're looking for something goofy to watch. Definitely a must see.
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Raghav posted a review for Game Night in Movies
This is not a movie I went in expecting to love, in all honesty it was just the next film showing. Imagine my surprise when I was treated to one of the best comedies I have see in quite a while. Bateman and McAdams are as likeable and charismatic as you would expect and the rest of the cast are pretty great too. It helps that this cast were given well written, interesting characters to work with. This film also boasts brilliant and creative camera work as well as very imaginative transitions that help to draw the viewer into the story and show that a lot of thought and effort was put into the making of this film. There are a small handful of jokes that don't land and a small number of logical errors but for the most part it is a very funny and entertaining thrill-ride, also stay during the beginning of the credits as they are very well done. Keep away from trailers for this film as they do give some things away that are better not to know going in, once this hits Netflix definitely check it out.
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Abhi posted a review for Game Night in Movies
Game Night is the kind of harmless comedy you rarely see these days, as happily entertaining as a good game of Pictionary...................................
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