YMMV / Game Night

• Crosses the Line Twice:
  • A random mook getting sucked into a plane turbine? Horrifying. Annie's joyous reaction before realizing that someone just died in front of her? Hysterical.
  • The Bulgarian is disgusted by the idea of looking through a person's excrement. Cutting them open is perfectly acceptable though...
  • Annie has to remove a bullet from Max's arm. She finds out how to do so online...from a neo-Nazi website.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Gary, the neighbor with No Social Skills who has some Hidden Depths in terms of both smarts and sadness.
  • The Affably Evil Bulgarian, who only has 2 or 3 scenes but is quite impressive whenever he is on screen.
• Jerkass Woobie: Gary. Max, Annie and the others aren't exactly wrong for finding him off-putting and not wanting to spend time with him, and his methods for getting back into the games nights are... extreme, but he's clearly not dealing with his wife leaving him very well, and it's gradually revealed that he's just lonely and only wants to spend time with the people he considers his only friends.
• Magnificent Bastard: Gary Kingsbury, the seemingly socially awkward neighbor of Max and Annie Davis, is actually much more cunning and intelligent than he lets on. Hoping to get himself re-instated in Max's game night sessions, Gary hires criminals to kidnap Max's brother, Brooks, while giving Max and his group clues that would lead to Brooks' location; Among those clues involve them having to spend a game night with Gary. Eventually reaching Brooks's location, Gary fakes getting lethally shot tricking Max and Annie into promising Gary that he would be invited in future game nights should he survive. Though initially frustrated when Gary reveals his role as the mastermind, they can't help but respect Gary for pulling off such an impressive plan and keep their promise, inviting Gary to the next game night.
• One-Scene Wonder: Michael C. Hall as the Bulgarian.
• Signature Line: "How can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?"
• Spiritual Adaptation: Quite possibly the best Clue remake we'd ever get.

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