Game Night (2018)

Most people think so. 71% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 76%.

Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night. Wikipedia ↗

Game Night is a 2018 American action comedy directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams star as Max and Annie Davis, a hyper-competitive married couple who host a weekly game night with friends. When Max's charismatic, wealthy brother Brooks, played by Kyle Chandler, organizes an elaborate interactive murder mystery game, the players discover that an actual kidnapping has been woven into the fake one, and they can't tell what's real and what's part of the game.

John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein created one of the most cleverly constructed and visually inventive comedies of its decade, employing tilt-shift cinematography that made real locations look like game boards and using transitions that mimicked dice rolls and game piece movements. Jesse Plemons's performance as Gary, the couple's creepy, recently divorced neighbor desperate to be invited to game night, was the film's comedic highlight. Game Night earned $117 million worldwide on a $37 million budget.