Game Night Film Review

Finished watching Game Night, directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein and starring Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Billy Magnussen and Sharon Horgan. The film opens by showing how married couple Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) met at a pub quiz and how competitive they are as a couple. The film then jumps to the present where Max and Annie are having trouble tiring to have a child around the same time as Max's brother Brooks (Kyle Chandler) comes to town who invites them along with their friends Kevin (Lamorne Morris), Michelle (Kylie Bunbury) and Ryan (Billy Magnussen) who brings his date Sarah (Sharon Horgan) to come to his own Game Night. When everyone goes round to Brooks' place where he has set up a game where he will be taking away and the rest of the group will be tasked to find him only for Brooks to actually be kidnapped which sends everyone on a real life hostage situation. Overall this was a great film as it is able to blend together the suspenseful tone of the mystery behind Brooks' kidnapping with the brilliantly timed comedy that contains some amazing hilarious moments which includes some great running gags over the course of the film. The relationships between each of the characters within the feel very organic and very real thanks to they way they interact with one another which is a credit to the film's script and the actors. 8/10.