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

1 win & 13 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:

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

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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, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$69,001,013

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$117,201,013

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

The actor who plays Tats, R. F. Daley, is the father of John Francis Daley, the co-director.

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Goofs

When we first see Gary in uniform, the US Flag patch on his right shoulder shows the blue field on the left. This is the proper display of the US Flag EXCEPT on uniform patches. The blue field is always facing forward on right sleeve patches.

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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 Teletubbies (1997)

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Soundtracks

Good Pills
Written by Justin Toland, Thomas Starz and Andrew Denham
Performed by Dirty Streets featuring Justin Toland, Tommy Starz and Andrew Denham
Courtesy of Alive Naturalsound
By arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group

User Reviews

Don't listen to some of these bad reviews...it was a pretty good comedy

To be honest, it's not an academy award film but it's much better than what some reviewers wrote. I won't say much, but I thought the casting was good and it was a silly, corn-ball type of movie that you're onviously not dgoing to take too seriously. I thought the actor who played the police officer was the highlight of the movie.