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Game Night (15)
Directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
THE RUTHLESS will to win when playing Pictionary, charades and the like leads to horrific consequences in this screwball comedy about a group of friends whose weekly game night turns into a high-stakes murder mystery.
Throw in sibling rivalry and a very creepy neighbour desperate to be part of the ludic in-crowd and you have a surprisingly entertaining film.
Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams play Max and Annie, a highly competitive couple who met during a trivia games night and it was love at first answer. Their regular game night is somewhat hijacked by Max's more successful and charismatic brother Brooks (Kyle Chandler), who sets the couple and their friends a challenge. Whoever solves the murder mystery wins the keys to his vintage car.
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