Game night: reviews

What the critics say average 6.9 from 6 outlets

• 9.2 The WrapAlonso Duralde "Fast and funny, filled with memorable characters, and able to balance slapstick and violence without spilling too far in either direction, this frenetic R-rated farce is that rare comic gem that lands on all the spaces without ever going to jail". Read
• 7.5 IndiewireSteve Greene "At first, you may be inclined to reject it outright, but 'Game Night' works so hard to win viewers over that it eventually finds its way to a winning formula". Read
• 7.0 VarietyOwen Gleiberman The movie manipulates its audience in cunning and puckish ways. It's no big whoop, but you're happy to have been played. Read
• 6.7 The A.V. ClubA. A. Dowd This tame but fitfully funny goof on suspense cinema at least assembles an agreeable guest list.... As with any real game night, the company is more important than the game. Read
• 6.0 The GuardianBenjamin Lee "The Jason Bateman comedy model hasn?t quite been radically altered in 'Game Night' but it?s one of his more entertaining outings. Just don?t count on remembering much of it once the night is over". Read
• 5.0 The Hollywood ReporterJon Frosch "There are chuckles here and there, but a striking absence of belly laughs; Girls Trip it?s decidedly not". Read