Directed By – John Francis Daley; Jonathan Goldstein
Starring – Jason Bateman; Rachel McAdams; Kyle Chandler; Sharon Hogan; Lamorne Morris; Jesse Plemons; Kylie Bunbury; Billy Magnussen
Who knew an idea so thin could be so entertaining and funny for an hour and 40 minutes. Plus, for many DC Film fans this could be seen as the audition for the potential directors of the solo Flash movie and it safe to say they passed.
Game Night follows Max (Bateman) and Annie (McAdams) host weekly couples game nights and they go up a notch when Brooks (Chandler), Max’s charismatic brother, arranges a murder mystery party, including fake thugs and faux federal agents. When Brooks gets kidnapped, it’s all part of the game…right? However, when the six-uber competitive gamers set out to solve the case and win, they quickly discover this isn’t the game its supposed to be.
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Directors Daley and Goldstein have made an entertaining and funny film throughout based on an idea so thin it shouldn’t work, especially for 100 minutes. Yet somehow the cast and Mark Perez writing bring so much enjoy twists and turns you’re never bored.
Bateman and McAdams are great and incredibly likeable together, their chemistry helps the film flow. What the film does really well it makes us get to know and care about each of the other couples and as a fan of New Girl’s Morris, let’s hope this leads to bigger and better things.
The standout is Plemons as Gary, Max and Annie’s crappy neighbour. Whenever Gary comes on screen, you can’t help but tighten up and laugh at the unease of his presence.
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Daley and Goldstein did a great job of embedding and influences of board games and especially video games like Grand Theft Auto during car sequences.
Finally, while being enjoyable and the use of dark humour worked very well, I just can’t help but wish it was a little bit funnier.
Verdict
Game Night deserves you to give it a go. Bateman and McAdams are great together, but they’re overshadowed by Pelmons in this humorous dark comedy.
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