The Game

  • M (AUSTRALIA)
  • 1997


MOVIE IS exhilarating credible rational entertaining spectacular
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$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 39
Negative reviews 6
Average Rating 3.6/5
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2.0
The movie has the wit to be playful about its own manipulations, even as it exploits them for maximum pulp impact. EW
4.4
He is also subtle enough that he never arrives at an emotional plateau before the film does, and never overplays the process of his inner change.Indee .. Rogerebert
4.0
While the movies excesses at times feel ludicrous, no one can deny that The Game is a thoroughly engaging and entertaining movie with many unexpected .. Common Sense Media
1.5
The films message about complacency transformed by chaos and uncertainty is hackneyed... Time Out
1.5
It becomes a joke, and all those dark and powerful vibrations it has stirred feel indecent against so frail a conceit.
4.5
At its best, though, The Game is sleek and stylish, and it doesnt overplay its hand as a period piece (the costumes and set pieces are not laughably o .. Collider
2.5
Its not for everyone and it doesnt make much sense when you stop to think about it, but its still a lot more fun than Parcheesi.
4.0
Somehow the movie remains defiantly fresh even as it almost proudly proclaims the plots of all the movies it imitates. San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
The picture provides Douglas with one of his best roles. If he doesnt quite reach the bizarre heights he achieved in Falling Down, The Game makes its .. San Francisco Chronicle
5.0
The Game is an unforgettable spiritual parable that invites every viewer to ask: What whack on the head would it take to wake me up and open my heart Spirituality And Practice
2.5
The best feature is its unpredictability, it is what sucks you into watching the entire film expecting something sensational to take place. Sover
3.8
The script has its clever moments, and its easy to mistake this for a smart movie. ReelViews
2.5
This 1997 thriller is fairly entertaining nonsense if all youre looking for is 128 minutes of diversion. Chicago Reader
3.0
Nick Cassavetes should have made the effort to complete the script before going to this wasted effort.
4.4
The prolonged finale ultimately confirms Gone Girls place as an entertaining yet relentlessly padded out piece of work, and it is, at this point, hard .. Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Despite its flaws, this movie is a wild ride and it did hold my attention. Lariat
3.8
On the surface, The Game is an unusually imaginative thriller that bends its offbeat plot into so many twists that you actually have to pay attention .. Cs Monitor
3.0
But its genuinely clever, and builds to a spectacular if not altogether satisfying conclusion. Maitland McDonagh Film Journal International ..
3.8
With all the predictable, emotionally void and action driven blockbuster films Hollywood continues to churn out, were lucky if were surprised at what .. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.8
The show takes one tricky turn after another. Just when youre sure youve got it figured out, you dont. Internet Reviews
4.4
this is the most thrilling thriller in a long while. Well, since Se7en. Internet Reviews
4.5
We are drawn into the maze, and while we are emotionally caught up in some of the more violent action sequences, we simultaneously use our gray matter .. Internet Reviews
4.5
If this is David Finchers idea of selling out, I hope folks are buying. We may be looking at the emergence of this generations Hitchcock. Internet Reviews
4.5
Of course, siblings a decade and a half apart isnt all that unlikely either.
3.8
Ant Man and the Wasp Like its predecessor Ant Man (2015), Ant Man and the Wasp benefits substantially from its relatively low stakes. Q Network
1.5
Fincher is still working on the assumption that he has better things to do than entertain an audience. Which would be fine if he werent drawn to such .. Salon
3.5
Yet, by the third act, it offers us a wonderfully satisfying and unpredictable denouement.
3.0
Douglas disintegrates beautifully against the pressure of a constant and unknown threat, played out by a deliciously sinister support cast. Bbc
4.4
With so many characters and plot threads dangling, let alone its main story not jelling in the most satisfying of manners, Cop Land would appear to be .. Mr Brown Movies
4.5
The Game is the best movie to mess with your mind since The Usual Suspects. Flickfilosopher
2.5
It might have been a solid, suspenseful thriller.Douglas and Penn, both capable actors, are fine here. Spliced Wire
3.8
Congratulations should go to Fincher and screenwriters John D. Brancato and Michael Ferris. Tension and suspense in movies are relatively easy to achi .. Movie Habit
4.5
The Social Network is an invigorating reminder that no single minute of a film has to be inert. Film School Rejects
3.8
Sure, it strains credulity, but its clever, well paced and builds to a spectacular if not altogether satisfying conclusion. Movies Tv Guide
4.5
The plausibility of the whole thing is ludicrously farfetched, but thats the point and the fun.
4.5
The more we invest in Nicholas bank of experiences, the more we display our willing complicity with, even subservience to, a system that lets cocooned .. Lw Lies
3.1
It features all kind of thrilling set ups but they often seem pointless. Montreal Film Journal
3.0
The rational side of my brain can pick this movie apart until all thats left is incoherent threads.The movie mad side, happy to lose control, had a he .. News Week
4.0
Good looking, tightly controlled thriller. An exhilarating ride that prepares the ground for Fight Club. Film 4
3.1
This is one of those movies thats so tightly written and densely plotted, it leaves no room for error or viewer queries. Unfortunately, the questions .. Clclt
4.5
Even after everything hes gone through, hes still got his money and all the power in the world. The Spool
3.0
A classy thriller, and yet further evidence of how Michael Douglas was able to nail these WASP in peril roles. Patrick Nabarro
1.5
Douglas and Penn help keep things credible with solid performances, and Deborah Kara Unger extends the sexual immediacy of her Crash role by playing t .. Boston Phoenix
4.0
David Fincher has emerged as one of the most provocative filmmakers of the decade. Gost Dog
5.0
The Game is a thrilling end run of deception in which a master manipulator is masterfully manipulated. Arizona Daily Star
4.4
The Game is a mind twisting thriller that keeps you guessing up until, and including, the end. Cine Matter
3.0
The Game is something more than a stylish thriller, though it dishes up style and thrills in abundance.
4.5
But Douglas finally musters one of his best performances to carry Finchers essay on self reliance to its exciting, if absurd endgame. Hartford Courant
2.5
Style outweighs the content in this suspense film of minimal surprise. Film International
3.5
Director David Fincher again demonstrates his superb sense of moody style, but the script, by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, eventually reduces to .. Philadelphia City Paper



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