Game Night Movie Review

Rachel McAdams is my queen. A review of Game Night (2018) dir. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Spoiler alert.

This movie is really fun. I wish I had a game night crew. I felt really bad for their neighbor. Is he very strange? Sure. I feel for him though. What's his name? Gary? Erik? I can never remember.

I think it's really interesting how many layers of criminal affiliation the crew can get themselves into. I wouldn't say the ending is unpredictable like High Fidelity (2000), but I could not have guessed the steps by which we reached it. 

"Semi-Charmed Life" is one of my favorite songs. In fact, my bestie Gabriel wrote an article defending the stance that it is the best song ever made. It was nice to see it here. It was used somewhat tastefully.

I thought the black couple's subplot about cheating was really lame. Every time we went back to it, I wanted to fast forward. The Denzel Washington bit paid off in the end, but it was a painful journey.

On the other hand, I really liked the British girl. Ryan was an annoying character, and I don't know why they keep him around if they are willing to kick Gary out of their group. But his date for this movie was good. She's the voice of reason to his nonsense.

The bullet removal scene threw me for such a loop. Such an obvious thing, yet they missed it.  

Eminem thought it was just a prop gun. You know, for the game.

If this plot happened to me, I would be upset. I would not want to be Rachel McAdams in this movie. I would be willing to be her irl though. She won the movie in the airport scene. 6/10. Can't wait to watch Send Help (2026) starring Rachel McAdams.

Re: the last review. Now that I am sober, I am giving The Civil War on Drugs (2011) dir. Trevor Moore and Zach Creggar a 6/10 as well. And while I'm at it, I'm bumping up High Fidelity (2000) dir. John Cusack up to a 9/10. That movie is too personally important to be anything less. 

The Civil War on Drugs Movie Review

I love WKUK and Nora was willing to watch this with me. A review of The Civil War on Drugs (2011) dir. Trevor Moore and Zach Creggar. Spoilers ahead.

I really liked a lot of gags in this movie. They were not only funny, but also memorable. The Jamaican slave, Doug the soldier, the man who could shoot straight up, the Indians being frat bros, and especially President Lincoln. Nora and I were quoting Lincoln's "It's a plant! In nature!" and "Legal now! Always gonna be legal! This is the United States of America!!" The way he shouts gets a kick out of me.

I usually don't like when the conflict of a movie is due to a misunderstanding. Like, in Gravity Falls S1E19, when Dipper things Grunkle Stan is bullying him, and he hears an out of context clip of Stan that proves his point. And he hates Stan until he learns the context, which proves that Stan loves Dipper and is teaching him discipline. Good episode? Sure. Lazy plot point? Absolutely. I think Civil War on Drugs uses this plot point to good use, because it's so over the top and ridiculous that it becomes another bit. How the writers went almost the whole movie without mentioning slavery whatsoever is impressive. 

I found it funny how Zach is a different character in every scene. My favorite Zach character is Abraham Lincoln. My least favorite was Ulysses Grant. I didn't like the Grant scenes very much; I am not big on gross-out stuff. 

I love historical fiction where massive details change. The war having 3 days of conflict and 150 deaths is crazy. See more crazy inaccurate history in the upcoming Amish Media Group film Berger (2026) coming out this month, on 16 February 2026 (tentatively). I can't wait for Mars to come out.

Somebody should score this film. But not me, man. I'm too high.