- Release Date: 1997
- Runtime: 128 min
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
- Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn ... see all
- Director: David Fincher
- Plot: Wealthy financier Nicholas Van Orton gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad: a live-action game that consumes his life.
User Reviews
A Thrill Ride
Aug 17, 2008
mrrodevans - yahoo.com
Aug 17, 2008mrrodevans - yahoo.com
Any movie that can keep you guessing until the end is worthy of note. Without seeming cliche or contrived, this movie delivers thrills, chills, and suspense. The acting was also great.... Full review
Can't make the right move
Aug 04, 2008
dogorangetexas - yahoo.com
Aug 04, 2008dogorangetexas - yahoo.com
The Game does build you up to twisty ending, but ultimately the film doesn't satisfy and just leaves you dissapointed.... Full review
Unique Movie---- Buy/Rent it!
May 01, 2008
bdialbu - yahoo.com
May 01, 2008bdialbu - yahoo.com
If you don't like this movie, you are just plain weird. For all of you that didn't like the ending, you guys are f**king retarded. This movie is intense and unpredictable, and I loved how it all unfolded. Don't listen to... Full review
First Impression
Oct 11, 2007
jon6810 - yahoo.com
Oct 11, 2007jon6810 - yahoo.com
I own this movie, and it is by far my favorite movie to show people who haven't already seen it. Enjoy this movie the first time you see it, because it will leave you hanging every 5 minutes. The action is... Full review
Possibly the Best Film Ever Made
Oct 11, 2007
ericshawn1 - yahoo.com
Oct 11, 2007ericshawn1 - yahoo.com
This is possibly the best film any director has ever made. The classics are the only films that come close to the precision of storytelling in the flawless script for The Game, and the equally precise execution of the filmmaking is... Full review
The Game
Oct 11, 2007
family5emyjet - yahoo.com
Oct 11, 2007family5emyjet - yahoo.com
This movie has very polished storyline from beginning to the ending.This movie has thriller ,action & drama aspects.I could enjoy this movie very much.This movie is worthy to see over and over again.... Full review
Keeps you on the edge of your seat
Oct 11, 2007
barbva_realtor - yahoo.com
Oct 11, 2007barbva_realtor - yahoo.com
The story gets an A+, however it's not Oscar worthy, because the academy doesn't seem to recognize action/adventure movies too much. If they did, WOW! Again Micheal Douglas plays a very sucessful business man like he did as Gordon Gecko in... Full review
Illogical, tense thriller
Aug 30, 2007
danielcharchuk - yahoo.com
Aug 30, 2007danielcharchuk - yahoo.com
It works really, really well if you don't try to apply too much logic or thought to what happens. The series of coincidences are just too much to put down to fate. It doesn't get too bad, though, until the very... Full review
Best movie of all times
Aug 19, 2007
cakiroglue - yahoo.com
Aug 19, 2007cakiroglue - yahoo.com
This was by far the best movie of all times. I liked this movie more than Michael Douglas's other movies such as Wall Street or The Perfect Murder, I guess just because the script was so good, not because he acted... Full review
Exciting, thrilling, surprising, and action packed
Jul 15, 2007
briemileti - yahoo.com
Jul 15, 2007briemileti - yahoo.com
"The Game," directed by David Fincher, is a great movie. Many parts in the movie are boring, but are important. The ending will surely make your jaw drop. If you like the kind of movies that are "mysteries wrapped in riddles"... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jan 29, 2009Urban Cinefile
Entertaining and bold, The Game scores high in the tall tales for grown ups stakes.
The Game may not be as startling a film as its predecessor, but is as exhilarating on a different level.
... Full Review
| Feb 12, 2008hecklerspray, Los Angeles
The Game is probably best known for having the most spectacularly ill-thought-out name in music.
Fortunately, The Game realised this a year ago and did that very thing.
... Full Review
| Jan 23, 1998Entertainment Weekly
Only a great fool would publicly confess that a frivolous mainstream Hollywood genre flick like, say, The Game -- last fall's Michael Douglas thriller -- was his favorite movie of 1997.
otherwise known as their selection of the year's best movie.
... Full Review
| Oct 10, 1997TotalFilm
the best things about The Game....a clever, rock-solid and utterly perplexing mystery....his best performance....the director refuses to dumb down the plot.... ... Full Review
| Sep 12, 1997Entertainment Weekly
The Game is an intensely exciting puzzle-gimmick thriller, the kind of movie that lets you know from the start that it's slyly aware of its own absurdity (which is why it can then get away with it).
The movie has the wit to be playful about its own manipulations, even as it exploits them for maximum pulp impact.
... Full Review
News
Movies We Love: The Game
filmschoolrejects.com –
2009-08-12
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Off the Shelf: The Game
associatedcontent.com –
2007-11-29
Whether it be through Netflix or unending visits to the local video store, we've all seen them: the shelves of movies that sit there forgotten, collecting dust. ... Full Article
The Game: Special Edition (15)
totalfilm.com –
2006-05-08
The Unbearable Bradness of Being
rollingstone.com –
1999-10-28
In Portugal, for no particular reason other than that I was interested, I asked what Pitt had thought of The Game, the Michael Douglas movie that Fincher made between their two collaborations. ... Full Article
GAME review
aintitcool.com –
1997-09-10
Saw THE GAME yesterday (Tuesday September 9th) and liked it quite a bit. But as usual I'll tell ya about my day, to establish where my brain was. ... Full Article

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