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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Game Night (2018)

This is exactly what you would think it is based on the title and the cast.  It is a little bit juvenile in an adult sort of way, and entertaining in a "I really do not want to think too deeply" kind of way (although there are some underlying messages about inclusion, sibling rivalry, and how quickly things can spin completely out of control embedded not too far under the surface here).
The story is that a group of friends meet regularly at Max and Annie's house to play games.  This is actually making a comeback, the face to face playing of games without screens involved.  There are two significant threads that unravel.  The first is that their cop neighbor has been excluded since his divorce and he is looking for a way back in.  The other is that Max's brother Brook, who has outperformed Max since childhood and is constantly reminding him of his bigger talents, higher income, and overall  greatness turns out to have a skeleton or two in the closet.  These two themes interweave in an entertaining way to a modestly surprising (not really) conclusion.

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