Game Night
Over the course of one chaotic night, the friends find themselves increasingly in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn. With no rules, no points, and no idea who all the players are, this could turn out to be the most fun they've ever had... or game over.
1 February 1971, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
17 November 1978, London, Ontario, Canada
20 July 1985, Wheeling, Illinois, USA
14 May 1962, Rome, Lazio, Italy
4 December 1964, New York, USA
July 15, 1992 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
24 July 1988, Orlando, Florida, USA
7 December 1965, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
30 January 1989, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1969, New York City, New York, USA
February 25, 2018
Game Night pulls off more narrative twists than an Olympic freestyle skier. And like those gravity-defying champions, the filmmakers' timing, preparation, and technical precision makes it all look deceptively easy.February 23, 2018
The back and forth between McAdams and Bateman is what makes Game Night sing (which is not to slight Horgan's dry wit or Magnussen's elegant idiocy or Morris' magnificent Denzel Washington impression).February 22, 2018
The jokes are witty, the risk is real and there's at least one thrilling plot twist.February 25, 2018
With its clever, whip-smart script and enthusiastic ensemble cast firing on all cylinders, crime comedy filmmakers Jonathan Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein score big with Game Night.February 26, 2018
A tone-friendly dark comedy about suburban couples having weekly game nights at home with chosen friends.February 25, 2018
Game Night is canny enough to go full-throttle with the absurd and not bother trying to do much with its meager dramatic and/or sentimental elements.February 23, 2018
"Game Night" is a blast, a sharp adult comedy that earns genuine laughs without going lowbrow or diving into raunchy humor.February 26, 2018
Directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein keep things peppy, benefitting hugely from a pumped, overqualified ensemble that mine a commendable amount of laughter from a so-so script.February 24, 2018
...once you open the box and take out the pieces, it's just a matter of going from one contrived square to another. Not even the rolls of the dice add up to more than three-act narrative math.February 22, 2018
Screenwriter Mark Perez knows the difference between simply making a reference and actually writing a joke - and while the jokes come ceaselessly, they are knowingly and (this turns out to be key) lightly offered.February 24, 2018
Game Night works best when it focuses on the personalities of its characters and meanders when it pays too much attention to the particulars of the plots-within-the-plot.February 22, 2018
The Game Night co-directors deliver a stylish and good-looking movie.