Game Night (2018)

A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.

Directors:

John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein

Writer:

Mark Perez

Stars:

Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler

3 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Bateman	...	Max
Rachel McAdams	...	Annie
Kyle Chandler	...	Brooks
Sharon Horgan	...	Sarah
Billy Magnussen	...	Ryan
Lamorne Morris	...	Kevin
Kylie Bunbury	...	Michelle
Jesse Plemons	...	Gary
Michael C. Hall	...	The Bulgarian
Danny Huston	...	Donald Anderton
Chelsea Peretti	...	Glenda
Camille Chen	...	Dr. Chin
Zerrick Williams	...	Val (as Zerrick Deion Williams)
Joshua Mikel	...	Colin
R.F. Daley	...	Tats

Storyline

Six close friends meet each week for a game night involving board games, charades and pop culture trivia quizzes. Being the most competitive of the bunch, Max and his wife Annie, who seem to be a perfect match in every way, usually win every time. However, their marriage is on rocky ground as Annie fears that Max doesn't want to have children. When Max's shady brother Brooks reappears after a long mysterious absence and suggests that they have their next gathering at his place, no one expects that their weekly game night is about to go to the next level as Brooks organizes a full blown murder mystery party complete with actors as criminals and cops for them. However, when Brooks is violently kidnapped in front of everyone, it turns out that the game is all too real. Now, Max, Annie, their womanizing dimwitted friend Ryan, his domineering Irish date Sarah, and their childhood friends Michelle and her husband Kevin, who's obsessed with finding out with which mysterious celebrity ...

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Plot Keywords:

board game | game | kidnapping | black comedy | husband wife relationship | 

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Taglines:

This is not a game.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, sexual references and some violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 February 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Game Night

Filming Locations:

Marietta, Georgia

Box Office

Budget:

$37,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$17,005,332, 25 February 2018

Gross USA:

$69,179,066

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$117,679,066

Company Credits

Production Co:

Access Entertainment, Access Industries, Aggregate Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Billy Magnussen and Jesse Plemons had previously worked together on anthology british series "Black Mirror". The episode that featured both of them, "USS Callister", premiered in 2017.

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Goofs

Ths sound of the blood dripping from Max's arm is heard when he's on the computer. When the dog just starts licking the blood on the carpet you still hear blood dripping, but you cannot see it falling and it definitely won't sound like its falling in a puddle if the dog stands over the only puddle in the room.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Max: Who cares about winning? Let's get drunk!

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Crazy Credits

The Warner Bros, New Line Cinema and Access Entertainment logos are in the form of game pieces.

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Connections

References Pulp Fiction (1994)

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Soundtracks

Don't Stop Me Now
Written by Freddie Mercury
Performed by Queen
Courtesy of Hollywood Records, Inc.
Courtesy of Universal International Music BV
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Very enjoyable comedy romp

This was a very enjoyable comedy. Plenty of jokes hit their mark and the audience loved it from the laughter I heard in the session. To be upfront I some advanced session tickets from the Australian distributor, won in a competition. So we all saw it for free, but if I wanted to see a good comedy this one is worth paying to watch.

The humour is good, nothing too highbrow but you won't find any crass humour here, just good fun throughout the film.

The film does have its silly moments and the twists towards the end stretch believability, but you don't really care as you don't watch this film to critique, but just to enjoy the ride for a few hours. The characters are not deep, but you quickly grow to like them all or feel sorry for them as the film flows on.

Enjoyable, good clean fun with the odd bit of blood, that is even used to humourous effect.