# Game Night seen it.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-night-seen-it/809549>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 25, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-night-seen-it/809549 "2018-02-25T15:53:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-night-seen-it/809549/1 "2018-02-25T15:53:25Z")

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Saw Game Night with Jason Bateman. Had very little expectations going in but it actually was a reasonably funny comedy “thriller”. The premise is a group game night thinks they are taking part in a staged murder mystery night but then things start happening for real.

The other amazing thing is it has an actor who looks like Matt Damon but if Matt Damon had been trapped in a demon filled universe for a few years and then escaped.

It was kind of fun with some laughs and some strained credibility but worth seeing I think. Certainly on video.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-night-seen-it/809549/2 "2018-06-17T02:29:35Z")

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Yeah, this was reasonably entertaining. Jason Bateman movies always end up being B or B+ for me, which is good enough.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-night-seen-it/809549/3 "2018-06-17T15:12:15Z")

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This didn’t make my “see it in the theatre” list but it did make my “watch it when it’s available for free on Netflix or Amazon or to borrow from a friend” list. Glad to see it’ll be worth the time!

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-night-seen-it/809549/4 "2018-06-17T16:43:32Z")

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Caught it last weekend on the TV. Not great, passable. Bateman didn’t get to direct this one, seems like that was a good decision.

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-night-seen-it/809549/5 "2018-06-18T13:32:48Z")

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Thanks to MoviePass I’ve been seeing more borderline should-I-or-shouldn’t-I movies in the theater lately, which has been both rewarding (_Upgrade_) and disappointing (_First Reformed_). This was one I took a chance on and I thought it was pretty fun. I really liked the camera pans during the closing credits; that was a hoot.

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**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-night-seen-it/809549/6 "2018-06-20T02:35:01Z")

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Rachel McAdams - enough to get me to rent a DVD.