GAME NIGHT (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jason Bateman (Horrible Bosses), Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls), Kyle Chandler (Super 8), Billy Magnussen (Ingrid Goes West), Sharon Horgan (Imagine Me & You), Lamorne Morris (Barbershop: The Next Cut), Kylie Bunbury (The Sitter), Jeffrey Wright (The Ides of March), Jesse Plemons (Bridge of Spies), Danny Huston (Wonder Woman), Michael C. Hall (Cold in July), Chelsea Peretti (Twisted Fortune), Michael Cyril Creighton (Spotlight), John Francis Daley (View From The Top), Jonathan Goldstein (The Incredible Burt Wonderstone)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

John Francis Daley (Vacation) and Jonathan Goldstein (Vacation), directors; Mark Perez (Accepted), writer; Jason Bateman (Identity Thief), John Davis (Chronicle) and John Fox (Joy), producers; Cliff Martinez (Drive), composer; Barry Peterson (21 Jump Street), cinematographer; David Egan (Sensitivity Training), Jamie Gross (MacGruber) and Gregory Plotkin (Get Out), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Competitive couple Max (Bateman) and Annie (McAdams) find that their weekly couples game night has been kicked up a notch when Max’s brother Brooks (Chandler) hosts a murder mystery night, only for him to be suddenly kidnapped by who the couples assume are just actors. When they realise that this might be much more serious, Max and Annie compete against the other couples to solve the mystery and “win” while also discovering more about what kind of trouble Brooks has gotten into…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This is a darkly hilarious comedy about the lengths anyone will go to just to win at their regular game night, no matter what the stakes.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND MARCH 2018

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