Bateman and McAdams don't have enough winning material in 'Game Night'
by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
Feb 26, 2018
3 minutes
In the tediously overworked suburban-noir farce "Game Night," Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams play Max and Annie, a happily married couple who love each other almost as much as they love Taboo and Pictionary. Their team spirit is the surest sign of their compatibility: They forge alliances during Risk, decimate the competition on trivia nights and seem to share a single brain stem during charades.
That desire to win at any cost can be extremely obnoxious, in part because it is also extremely relatable. Anyone who has ever flipped over a Scrabble board after
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