a5c7b9f00b A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters. Six close friends meet each week for a game night involving board games, charades and pop culture trivia quizzes. Being the most competitive of the bunch, Max and his wife Annie, who seem to be a perfect match in every way, usually win every time. However, their marriage is on rocky ground as Annie fears that Max doesn't want to have children. When Max's shady brother Brooks reappears after a long mysterious absence and suggests that they have their next gathering at his place, no one expects that their weekly game night is about to go to the next level as Brooks organizes a full blown murder mystery party complete with actors as criminals and cops for them. However, when Brooks is violently kidnapped in front of everyone, it turns out that the game is all too real. Now, Max, Annie, their womanizing dimwitted friend Ryan, his domineering Irish date Sarah, and their childhood friends Michelle and her husband Kevin, who's obsessed with finding out with which mysterious celebrity Michelle cheated him on once, must join forces and their wits to rescue Brooks from two dangerous rival criminals who seemingly want his head. Unfortunately, they'll also need help from their creepy introverted next door neighbor Gary, a grieving divorcee cop who desperately wants to be their friend. This film tells the story of a game night spiralling out of control.<br/><br/>It is a film full of fun and laughter, with suspense and thrill as well! Each character is unique and has a good reason to be in the film. I feel sorry for the policeman, and the part about Denzel is just really funny as well. I watched this movie over the weekend and I normally don't write reviews, but this was such a great breath of fresh air i felt like i had too. There were some ideas used in the movie that had obviously been done before and done before very well, I.E. "The man who knew too little" or "The Game". But this movie didn't feel cheap and the acting was phenomenal. I'm 35 so the references that were thrown out were right up my alley. I liked how cerebral the movie was, I didn't feel like they went for very many if any cheep laughs, everything was well written and extremely gratifying. **Spoilers ahead** I would have rated this movie a 7 but the scene where Rachel Mcadams did Honey Bunny from pulp fiction, with what she thought was a fake gun almost made me choke on my cheez its. It was so damn funny. The movie is fast paced with a great all around story that centers around a group of friends Game night and batemens character's releationship with his brother. If you want a good laugher check it out. There are chuckles here and there, but a striking absence of belly laughs; Girls Trip it’s decidedly not.
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