2018 · ensemble · mystery · action-comedy
Game Night
Directed by John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein1h 40m2018
Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.
Our read: Game Night (2018) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded ensemble · mystery · action-comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured ensemble / mystery, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- funny
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