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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 439352" data-attributes="member: 8">Game Night (2018)[ATTACH=full]58912[/ATTACH]Jason Bateman is typecast as the passive-aggressive guy (Max) who has to put up with all the stupidity in the world. He knows how to play this role and he also does it very well in Game Night.Rachel McAdams plays his breezy but oh-so-resourceful wife (Annie) and together they belong to a group of friends who like to spend their leisure time playing games (the physical ones, not computer games).When Max&#039;s cocky ne&#039;er-do-well brother Brooks returns from a long trip - or something like that - things start to spiral out of control pretty fast and then, well, it never stops. That&#039;s all I&#039;m going to say about the plot.I&#039;m not a big Kyle Chandler fan but at least that makes his role suitable enough for me.The story is full of surprises, funny failures and funny victories. There are things in it that look familiar (when it happens) but that&#039;s not exactly the same as being predictable (before it happens).There are quite a few references to real-life celebrities and maybe some events but that&#039;s de rigueur in modern comedies.Game Night is literally crammed with jokes and naturally not every joke will have the same effect on everybody.Luckily, you don&#039;t have time to think about a &quot;meh&quot; moment and it&#039;s usually followed by a better one.Unlike Netflix&#039;s Murder Mystery, Game Night never feels like throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks.Actually I kinda enjoyed the first Murder Mystery movie but the sequel is atrocious.Anyway, what I was going to say is that it looks as if the makers of Game Night had a very clear vision of the concept, humour and characters in their film. It&#039;s about hilarious stupidity but the film itself isn&#039;t.Some moments even qualify as Comedy Gold e.g. the slow-moving box on the conveyer belt or the &quot;how to remove a bullet&quot; instruction on a racist website.Considering the movement of the story it also made me think of the bitchy Rat Race remake from 2001.It rarely happens that a mainstream comedy entertains me from start to finish, and speaking of finish don&#039;t forget to watch the fabulous end credits sequence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 439352, member: 8"] Game Night (2018) [ATTACH type="full"]58912[/ATTACH] Jason Bateman is typecast as the passive-aggressive guy (Max) who has to put up with all the stupidity in the world. He knows how to play this role and he also does it very well in Game Night. Rachel McAdams plays his breezy but oh-so-resourceful wife (Annie) and together they belong to a group of friends who like to spend their leisure time playing games (the physical ones, not computer games). When Max's cocky ne'er-do-well brother Brooks returns from a long trip - or something like that - things start to spiral out of control pretty fast and then, well, it never stops. That's all I'm going to say about the plot. I'm not a big Kyle Chandler fan but at least that makes his role suitable enough for me. The story is full of surprises, funny failures and funny victories. There are things in it that look familiar (when it happens) but that's not exactly the same as being predictable (before it happens). There are quite a few references to real-life celebrities and maybe some events but that's de rigueur in modern comedies. [I]Game Night[/I] is literally crammed with jokes and naturally not every joke will have the same effect on everybody. Luckily, you don't have time to [I]think[/I] about a "meh" moment and it's usually followed by a better one. Unlike Netflix's [I]Murder Mystery[/I], Game Night never feels like throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks. Actually I kinda enjoyed the first Murder Mystery movie but the sequel is atrocious. Anyway, what I was going to say is that it looks as if the makers of Game Night had a very clear vision of the concept, humour and characters in their film. It's about hilarious stupidity but the film itself isn't. Some moments even qualify as Comedy Gold e.g. the slow-moving box on the conveyer belt or the "how to remove a bullet" instruction on a racist website. Considering the movement of the story it also made me think of the bitchy [I]Rat Race[/I] remake from 2001. It rarely happens that a mainstream comedy entertains me from start to finish, and speaking of finish don't forget to watch the fabulous end credits sequence. [/QUOTE]

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