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 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

In memory of stuntman John Bernecker, who died in July 2017, whilst filming The Walking Dead (2010) in Atlanta, Georgia, where the filming of [Game Night] took place. John Bernecker also performed stunts on the film Battleship (2012) which starred Jesse Plemons (Gary).

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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

Annie: I hate game night!

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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

Featured in Half in the Bag: 2018 Catch-Up (part 2 of 2) (2018)

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Soundtracks

Roller
Written by Myles Goodwyn
Performed by April Wine
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Courtesy of Unidisc Music Inc.

User Reviews

These must be fake reviews

I had such high hopes based on these reviews and the actors. Absolute nonsense. Nothing clever and very few laughs. I rarely review movies but this needs to be said.