The Game
Polygram Filmed Entertainment | Release Date: September 12, 1997 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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60
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
It's a stylish, cleverly plotted, perpetually unpredictable film with another electric (albeit brief) performance from Penn. So why is it so unaffecting? Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
It's a cut above the throng of mindless, purported thrillers in which explosions and gun battles replace even rudimentary story telling. Read full review
60
SalonCharles Taylor
Fincher is still working on the assumption that he has better things to do than entertain an audience. Which would be fine if he weren't drawn to such schlocky material. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverPeter Rainer
In The Game, Fincher pulls back from the total gross-out but sustains a tone of aggravated anxiety. Hitchcock could have done this material and still made its perversities pleasurable. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
It also has wild plot holes and requires an almost inhuman suspension of disbelief, but it's still a fun ride up to a point. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
By any fair standard, this lushly produced film is a long, bumpy ride to a major letdown. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
What emerges is a very poor man's North by Northwest without much moral nuance and a decreasing number of thrills. Read full review
40
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Certainly handsome, well made and for most of its running time gripping, the film ultimately turns into a $60-odd-million piffle. Read full review
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