Rating 15
Length 1h33
Release 02.03.2018
Director John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein
About When Max and Annie play a harmless murder mystery game with Max’s brother Brooks and some friends, things begin to take surprising twists and turns as not all is what it seems to be.
Moon: no moon sighting
Where to Watch: BBC IPlayer
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The Good
Jesse Plemons as the creepy neighbour. He can play stupid really well, but his creepy is another level. Like, serial killer sort of creepy. And it’s played so straight that makes it even funnier.
I love Ryan! Best pretty but dumb in a film in a long while.
Sharon Horgan is the MVP of the whole film. The tone she uses all the way through just makes all her interactions with everyone, Ryan mostly, a thousand times funnier.
The transition scenes are really cool and make the vehicles and items of focus look miniature.
The Bad
Jason Bateman’s character is typically tightly wound. Unfortunately here it’s to the point that you wonder how they have a regular standing game night for this premise to work. Not a chance would I put up with the expectation and restrictions he has in place. I hate those type of people when playing games.
The Ugly
I hate the sibling conflict that appears in this film, and many other films. One who plays the passive aggressive card to put the other down until it reaches a fever pitch. It’s not a funny thing to watch and having the person who is put down not believed only to forgive the sibling by the end.
The problem with these set ups in which the protagonists don’t know what they’re involved in is real, is that their actions become cringeworthy.
Final Thoughts
It’s no Horrible Bosses, but it’s not a disastrous watch.
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