







I remember seeing the trailer a few months back thinking "This looks so dumb and bad". But being bored, and feeling intrigued by the very good reviews that it's been getting, I decided to venture out to the theater for some mindless fun.





And I must say I was very positively surprised! The story was suspenseful as well as unpredictable, and a few of the jokes made me laugh out loud (as well as a few other people in the theater too).





The Story





Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams' characters are obsessed with games. Literally. They dance on DDR machines in their wedding, host game nights regularly, etc. Poor Jason Bateman is even so stressed with the competition that he has, ummm, fertility issues because of it













One of his insecurities is his rivalry he has with his brother. So, things kick off when the brother invites them over for games at his house. They are supposed to play a make believe murder mystery type of game. But then the brother ends up getting kidnapped for real, and the rest of the crew have to play for real to save him, while getting involved in various hijinks.





They totally look qualified to do the job









My Thoughts





It was quite funny. Not always in a most intelligent way, but even then it suited the characters' personalities. These could have the ability to make a shitty day slightly better :-)





Now the actual story could have been very chaotic, considering the several different subplots and twists. That would not have me happy. More likely I'd step out of the theater for a few moments to buy some rotten tomatoes at Walmart to throw on the screen.













Thankfully, this was not the case :-) The twists were completely unexpected, I could not believe where the story was going some of the time. And yet everything tied together very nicely at the end.





Now this film wasn't perfect, some of the writing seemed a bit weird. But it doesn't matter, the rest was totally fun and awesome.





So this is a YAY! It is a fun movie, great to relax to, and better than it seems.











