Way better than it had any right to be. Very funny thanks mostly to the great cast but actually also quite bittersweet/nostalgic and emotional towards the end. I think everyone of a certain age will be able to relate to the theme of trying to hold onto your childhood as it slips away, and you'll come away feeling jealous of the group of friends that have managed to pull it off. I really hope the credits sequence catches on as a trend.
It's rare that a true story seems so perfectly-suited to the stupid bro comedy genre the way Tag is, and of course, it's been streamlined, prettified, and severely adapted from what was in the original Wall Street Journal article. But it works. With a boppin' soundtrack and real heart to balance out the slapstick and crass humor, Tag amiably tells the story of a group of friends who, every May, play a crazy game of tag that disrupts their lives, loves and work. Their holy grail is tagging Jeremy Renner's character, who has never been tagged in 30 years, on the weekend of his wedding. Basically, it's Renner out of The Bourne Legacy, with Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes analysis skills, which means the action is pretty fun too. I don't watch a lot of this type of movie, but I'm slowly finding out Hannibal Buress is often their secret MVP. Ed Helms manages to pull off being the emotional center of the story. All in all, a nice little surprise given its dubious DNA.
6/10
Haha! Based on a true story of a couple of men that for 23 years in May each year, plays Tag, and one of them has never been littered ... at all! Some really funny scenes in this absurdly funny comedy.
Second film this year in which adults play children's games... but in comparison, I liked "Game Night" much better.
In this comedy many jokes end in nothing and some of the acting can not convince (e.g. Fisher, Renner).
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lachyas
Way better than it had any right to be. Very funny thanks mostly to the great cast but actually also quite bittersweet/nostalgic and emotional towards the end. I think everyone of a certain age will be able to relate to the theme of trying to hold onto your childhood as it slips away, and you'll come away feeling jealous of the group of friends that have managed to pull it off. I really hope the credits sequence catches on as a trend.MrDoog
Nothing special, a fairly decent comedy to kill 90 minutes.Siskoid
It's rare that a true story seems so perfectly-suited to the stupid bro comedy genre the way Tag is, and of course, it's been streamlined, prettified, and severely adapted from what was in the original Wall Street Journal article. But it works. With a boppin' soundtrack and real heart to balance out the slapstick and crass humor, Tag amiably tells the story of a group of friends who, every May, play a crazy game of tag that disrupts their lives, loves and work. Their holy grail is tagging Jeremy Renner's character, who has never been tagged in 30 years, on the weekend of his wedding. Basically, it's Renner out of The Bourne Legacy, with Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes analysis skills, which means the action is pretty fun too. I don't watch a lot of this type of movie, but I'm slowly finding out Hannibal Buress is often their secret MVP. Ed Helms manages to pull off being the emotional center of the story. All in all, a nice little surprise given its dubious DNA.royalspikey77
Excellent soundtrack, movie had its momentsEmiam
6/10Haha! Based on a true story of a couple of men that for 23 years in May each year, plays Tag, and one of them has never been littered ... at all! Some really funny scenes in this absurdly funny comedy.
Gordon_Gekko
Second film this year in which adults play children's games... but in comparison, I liked "Game Night" much better.In this comedy many jokes end in nothing and some of the acting can not convince (e.g. Fisher, Renner).
chunkylefunga
You know what you're getting with this movie.Alright viewing but was never going to be amazing.