The Game, 1997. A rich asshole joins a mysterious game.
Directed by David Fincher. Written by John D. Brancato, & Michael Ferris. Starring Michael Douglas, with Sean Penn, & Deborah Kara Unger.
Concept: B
Story: A
Characters: The ending fails miserably in the reasonable-human-behavior department. [spoilers:] They spend the entire movie breaking this man, then in about three seconds he snaps back as if nothing was ever wrong (but he learned a valuable lesson about being a different sort of asshole than he used to be, so good for him). What do you get for the man who has everything? PTSD. D
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: It seems fun from the standpoint of putting together the puzzle pieces of the plot. But the suspense is of the variety that focuses on making the audience uncomfortable; if the protagonist were at all sympathetic, I'd probably hate the movie. C
GPA: 2.7/4
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