Playing with Fire

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 8, 2019

4.3	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 41 Ratings

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CrimsonFlushNov 10, 2019

Momma, don't let your pro-wrestlers grow up to be 'actors'. Seriously, it's nothing but poopy pratfalls and incidentally, there's 0 fire fighting in this. The creators of this along with every trace of this movie need to be buried in a landfill.

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The3AcademySinsNov 22, 2019

This movie is absolutely bonkers in the worst way possible. This might be the worst fire-fighter movie ever. It claims to be a kids movie, but there are just so many wildly inappropriate jokes and sub-plots that will go right over a child'sThis movie is absolutely bonkers in the worst way possible. This might be the worst fire-fighter movie ever. It claims to be a kids movie, but there are just so many wildly inappropriate jokes and sub-plots that will go right over a child's head. The acting is terrible across the board. The script and direction structure this movie like a kids movie from 2004, so Playing With Fire feels cheap and incredibly dated. In some ways, its so-bad-its-good. In other ways, it's painful and takes so much effort to stomach. Definitely not worth your time.… Expand

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Darek100Nov 8, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A new twist on the hard edged professional turned loving father-figure story, "Playing with Fire" starring John Cena, misfires on almost every level, failing to provide any laughs and forcing it's paying audience to sit through an unfunny film that grinds down on almost every aspect of it's poorly written story into an hour and a half of nonsense. When "Smoke Jumper" Jake Carson and his quirky group of subordinates save three kids from a cabin fire, they're turned into caretakers for the children until someone shows up to take them off their hands. This leads to some antics caused by these crazy kids and a plot that you could probably figure out just by looking at the film's marketing. It's just so awful. There is a child protective services character in this film. I was rooting for them. The jokes miss with the movie's laughs going all in on on poop and puke jokes, with some slapstick slips and falls thrown in just to make sure we're really frustrated. None of it works. Here is the thing. We know this cast can be funny. We've got the great Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo, and Judy Greer, in supporting roles and bless them all, you can physically see them doing their absolute best to make this stuff funny and sadly failing. I suppose if I had to pick something out of this mess to praise, it's that it's not a bad looking film. Director Andy Fickman gives us a look that could have facilitated a funnier story better but it's all pulled underwater by the unfunniness of the material. And there is some cheesy violin music thrown in for good measure to make sure any hope of saving "Playing with Fire" is quickly extinguished. I wanted this film to be over. It's one of the worst I've seen this year. If you want a family friendly John Cena movie then go watch "Bumblebee" again. Do yourself a favor and don't go "Playing with Fire".… Expand

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JLuis_001Nov 15, 2019

No Cena, you're not happening. You won't happen. Dwayne Johnson got luck. You don't

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autosag1979Nov 8, 2019

"As 'Playing With Fire' progressed, it became increasingly clear that the target audience was not respected. This was made by people who seem to think kids are stupid. Amazing totally recommend!

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YeetusMcGeetusNov 22, 2019

Oh dear...this movie makes me wish I could yeet myself out of this mortal coil.

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Crazyking14Nov 23, 2019

I hated this so much for two things only. The characters and plot. These characters were just soo unfunny and cliche. Especially those goddamn kids!!!!! I couldn't survive any longer with those annoying brats being on screen. The others wereI hated this so much for two things only. The characters and plot. These characters were just soo unfunny and cliche. Especially those goddamn kids!!!!! I couldn't survive any longer with those annoying brats being on screen. The others were just as bad, being stupid and cringy. The only I liked was this tall dude named Ace, which is just so stupid. The plot was also nonexistent, like it was just an hour of childish nonsense with lots of unfunny filler. I only went to see because I was going out with a friend and my brother again. We choose the wrong movie. I rather be in in detention than watching this mess.… Expand

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KumatshiFeb 3, 2020

I really want to bunch these brats in the face so bad, storytelling is very bad plots are nonexistent.

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Egor_Dec 30, 2019

**** boring **** stupid movie, stupid acting, stupid humor, stupid plot, no one should go to this **** I wasted my money on this movie.

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Bulletsponge69Feb 7, 2020

Terrible movie, terrible plot. Complete waste of time and money. There isn’t a single redeeming quality to this movie.

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JasonSeibertNov 17, 2019

Really enjoyed this movie with my son. It's not pushing any boundaries, the story is pretty formulaic. But it's funny and if you approach it as a kids movie it's hard not to like it.

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SejreNov 17, 2019

Family friendly, Hilarious and action packed, it keeps you laughing through the whole movie

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scoleyDec 26, 2019

Funniest film of the year I cannot believe its getting such a low score 90 minutes so not to long and really funny.Well worth a watch.