GAME NIGHT (Theatrical Release USA 2018)

 Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.5|5.0 Starsììì 

Game Night—unique—keeps its audience guessing about its purpose. It’s difficult to see the connections between a couple who should be having children, their obsession with games, and why an actual role-playing game is ordered (at the first of the movie, it seems the older brother ordered it and at the end of the movie it appears that the neighbor ordered it). There is confusion between  role playing and real life action. The blur between real events and the reality game during most of the movie works at the obscurity level. The movie leaves many loose ends when it concludes. If you are going to buy a ticket, read a plotline before buying that ticket to enhance enjoyment of the movie. Know that there is considerable sexual, adult dialogue in this movie that makes it an entertainment piece for adults. 

Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images 

Storyline 

A husband, wife, and friends enter a very realistic real life role-playing game. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein for directing effort. Thank you to Producers John Davis, John Fox, Jason Bateman, and James Garamente for making the film possible. Cast includes: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnussen, Sharon Horgan, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Michael C. Hall, and Kyle Chandler. 

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?                                                                       

 No. The film’s script seems to have been ‘hurried’ during the writing process and fails to tie up loose ends. Read a plotline before going.

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Ben Meyers