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- This 1997 thriller is fairly entertaining nonsense if all you're looking for is 128 minutes of diversion. But if you'd like something more from David Fincher, the director of Seven, don't get your hopes up. Full Review | Oct 4, 2011 Maitland McDonagh TV Guide
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Apr 30, 2024 · With so many twists and elaborate lies in David Fincher’s 1997 thriller, The Game ending leaves the audience with a lot of questions. Michael Douglas stars as Nicholas Van Orton, a jaded, lonely businessman who has shut himself off from human connection.
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Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 19, 2022. Niall Browne Movies in Focus. The Game is possibly David Fincher's finest movie (or at least a close second to Zodiac) and it is a pity that...
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- "The Game" makes a lot more sense if you think of it as a movie about movies. After all, Douglas' character, Nicholas Van Orton, essentially finds himself the lead in a thriller, surrounded by actors and sets, only he doesn't know how the script is supposed to play out.
- Screenwriters John Brancato and Michael Ferris wrote the screenplay in 1991. They soon had rookie director Jonathan Mostow attached, with a cast led by Kyle MacLachlan and Bridget Fonda.
- Fincher (above, right) was set to direct "The Game" until Brad Pitt had a hole in his schedule, allowing Fincher to make "Seven" first. Later, he'd hire "Seven" screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker to revise Brancato and Ferris' script.
- An early script change aged Nicholas from a man in his twenties or thirties to a middle-aged man contemplating his own mortality. That allowed the filmmakers to cast Douglas, at the time a top box office draw, who could help the production drum up a bigger budget.
Aug 11, 2018 · In a time of hoaxes, surveillance, and paranoia, there might be no better movie to watch than David Fincher’s underrated 1997 film The Game.
- Lincoln Michel
Engaging '90s thriller has lots of violence, profanity. Read Common Sense Media's The Game review, age rating, and parents guide.
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Aug 18, 2020 · We took a deep dive into David Fincher's labyrinthine thriller, and we're here to explain the ending of The Game.
Dec 31, 1996 · The Game Review. Nick Van Orton, the man who has everything, is given a ticket to The Game. Soon he finds his life in jeopardy, as the game turns out to be not so much with the dominoes. by...
