Game Night (2018)
Country: US
Technical: col/2.39:1 100m
Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Cast: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Jesse Plemons
Synopsis:
A competitive couple's weekly game night is hijacked by the husband's high achieving elder brother, with a kidnapping scenario that turns queasily real.
Review:
Agreeably self-reflexive (Fincher's The Game, for starters) but a shade too sassy, this frenetic comedy thriller throws caution to the winds in its evident determination to revive screwball. It didn't work for the Coens, and it doesn't really work here - cinema has grown too realistic: can you imagine Hepburn shooting Grant in the arm with a real bullet? The cast tries hard to keep the energy going so that you don't spot the inconsistencies; number one, how was Gary going to explain his presence at the bridge if they hadn't crashed his house to use the computer? The makers have clearly showered it with love and care but, unlike Max's sperm, have gone for motility at the expense of conception.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.39:1 100m
Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Cast: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Jesse Plemons
Synopsis:
A competitive couple's weekly game night is hijacked by the husband's high achieving elder brother, with a kidnapping scenario that turns queasily real.
Review:
Agreeably self-reflexive (Fincher's The Game, for starters) but a shade too sassy, this frenetic comedy thriller throws caution to the winds in its evident determination to revive screwball. It didn't work for the Coens, and it doesn't really work here - cinema has grown too realistic: can you imagine Hepburn shooting Grant in the arm with a real bullet? The cast tries hard to keep the energy going so that you don't spot the inconsistencies; number one, how was Gary going to explain his presence at the bridge if they hadn't crashed his house to use the computer? The makers have clearly showered it with love and care but, unlike Max's sperm, have gone for motility at the expense of conception.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.39:1 100m
Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Cast: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Jesse Plemons
Synopsis:
A competitive couple's weekly game night is hijacked by the husband's high achieving elder brother, with a kidnapping scenario that turns queasily real.
Review:
Agreeably self-reflexive (Fincher's The Game, for starters) but a shade too sassy, this frenetic comedy thriller throws caution to the winds in its evident determination to revive screwball. It didn't work for the Coens, and it doesn't really work here - cinema has grown too realistic: can you imagine Hepburn shooting Grant in the arm with a real bullet? The cast tries hard to keep the energy going so that you don't spot the inconsistencies; number one, how was Gary going to explain his presence at the bridge if they hadn't crashed his house to use the computer? The makers have clearly showered it with love and care but, unlike Max's sperm, have gone for motility at the expense of conception.