Game Night

Get a fun cast of actors with a cheesy script that doesn’t take itself too seriously and you get a comfy little movie like Game Night.

Game night is about a hyper-competitive couple that loves to host game night with their friends and loves to win. Enter Max’s older brother, Brooks. He’s always been better and more successful at pretty much everything he does. After coming from out of town he offers to host the ultimate game night. Let the games begin.

The whole plot revolves around Brooks staging a murder mystery party and then getting kidnapped in a way to make us think it’s actually real. It’s fun to watch as the cast jokes about everything happening before they start to have doubts. For example, Annie holds the kidnappers at gun point and tells them to get down and hold a childs pose. Then they take a selfie with her holding that gun in her mouth as a joke. It got some solid laughs out of all of us and kept us interested throughout.

The cop was my favorite character. He’s been left out of game nights for a while and expresses his desire to get back in completely deadpan. You can’t help but feel bad for the weirdo. The scene where Max uses his cop computer to get information and ends up bleeding all over the dog who shakes and splatters it everywhere was hysterical.

A quick scene in the beginning that was really cute was when they were playing guess that drawing. Max and Annie drew a wedding ring to tell their friends they were getting married. Then at the end Annie drew bread in the oven to announce their baby. It was so adorable I had to shout that out.

The ending action sequence with the plane felt shoehorned in there. Like they just needed a crazy sequence to use up the rest of the movie budget.

Overall it’s not a movie meant to win any awards, but to turn your brain off and enjoy.

Rating: 639/1000