The Game

Owen Gleiberman

The movie has the wit to be playful about its own manipulations, even as it exploits them for maximum pulp impact. ( Read More )

Geoff Andrew

The films message about complacency transformed by chaos and uncertainty is hackneyed... ( Read More )

Roger Ebert

He is also subtle enough that he never arrives at an emotional plateau before the film does, and never overplays the process of his inner change.Indeed, one of the refreshing things about the film is that it stays true to its paranoid vision right up until what seems like the very end and then beyond it, so that by the time the real ending arrives, its not the payoff and release as much as a final macabre twist of the knife. ( Read More )

Brian Costello

While the movies excesses at times feel ludicrous, no one can deny that The Game is a thoroughly engaging and entertaining movie with many unexpected twists and turns. ( Read More )

At its best, though, The Game is sleek and stylish, and it doesnt overplay its hand as a period piece (the costumes and set pieces are not laughably outdated, but unremarkable background as they should be). ( Read More )