The Game
September 1997
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Jonathan Rosenbaum
This 1997 thriller is fairly entertaining nonsense if all you're looking for is 128 minutes of diversion. But if you'd like something more from David Fincher, the director of Seven, don't get your hopes up.
Todd McCarthy
Regardless of how far one chooses to buy into The Game -- and the ending ambiguously suggests that it could go on and on -- there is no doubt as to Fincher's staggering expertise as a director and his almost clinical sense of precision.
Geoff Andrew
The film's 'message' about complacency transformed by chaos and uncertainty is hackneyed...
Mick LaSalle
The picture provides Douglas with one of his best roles. If he doesn't quite reach the bizarre heights he achieved in Falling Down, The Game makes its own demands.
Mike Clark
A crowd-pleasing pip most of the way.
James Berardinelli
As it's unspooling on screen, the film is hugely entertaining, but there are several significant plot holes that grow wider the more closely they're investigated.
Critic reviews
Jonathan Rosenbaum
This 1997 thriller is fairly entertaining nonsense if all you're looking for is 128 minutes of diversion. But if you'd like something more from David Fincher, the director of Seven, don't get your hopes up.
Todd McCarthy
Regardless of how far one chooses to buy into The Game -- and the ending ambiguously suggests that it could go on and on -- there is no doubt as to Fincher's staggering expertise as a director and his almost clinical sense of precision.
Geoff Andrew
The film's 'message' about complacency transformed by chaos and uncertainty is hackneyed...
Mick LaSalle
The picture provides Douglas with one of his best roles. If he doesn't quite reach the bizarre heights he achieved in Falling Down, The Game makes its own demands.
James Berardinelli
As it's unspooling on screen, the film is hugely entertaining, but there are several significant plot holes that grow wider the more closely they're investigated.
Charles Taylor
Fincher is still working on the assumption that he has better things to do than entertain an audience. Which would be fine if he weren't drawn to such schlocky material.
User reviews
The Game is The Best! Amazing thriller filled with twists and paranoia. Will keep you on the edge of your seat...especially the ending. Michael Douglas is great as a besieged super wealthy business man whose fortune is stolen. While trying to learn what is happening to and why, he learns that money is not everything.
Loved it! It is increasingly difficult to be enthralled in a movie from beginning to end anymore. With amazing special effects often as close as our fingertips, it's easy to be disappointed early on. With a suspenseful, very clever storyline coupled with stunning cinematography this film really delivers. And with a superb cast this film takes you away for a couple of hours.
Cast and credits
Actors | Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Peter Donat, Carroll Baker, Anna Katarina, Armin Meuller-Stahl |
Producers | Cean Chaffin, Steve Golin |
Director | David Fincher |
Writers | John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris |
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Start within 30 days, finish within 24 hours.
Run time
128 minutes
Rating
R
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