10 Hilarious Quotes From Game Night

Game Night surprised many moviegoers when it came out last year. The comedy centered on a group of friends whose game night turns into a real-life deadly mystery. The high-concept could have been a real misfire, but the sharp writing and amazing cast made it a hilarious and thrilling adventure.

As the mystery at the center of the movie continues to intensify, the movie only gets funnier. Watching these mild-mannered friends struggling to survive a situation that is far out of their control makes for some laugh-out-loud moments. With great one-liners and jokes, it is one of the best comedies in recent years. Here are the funniest quotes from Game Night.

10 Pep Talk

You’re not Liam Neeson.

Part of the fun of Game Night is the fact that the characters have no idea how to deal with the increasingly dangerous situation they find themselves in. Annie (Rachel McAdams) and Max (Jason Bateman) are big movie fans and seem to get all their ideas from the movies they watch.

As Max attempts to take on the hero role in the film’s climax, he rushes off with a gun in hand to save his brother. Though he seems confident, Annie is less sure about the idea and reminds him, “You’re not Liam Neeson.” Max can only respond, “That hurts my feelings.”

9 Quality Furniture

Man, glass tables are acting weird tonight.

Game Night is one of those films that is a loving tribute to a genre while also poking fun at the well-known tropes of the genre. In this case, the plot is something right out of an action-thriller but the movie has a lot of fun subverting expectations on what we would normally see in those kinds of movies.

As Brooks (Kyle Chandler) fights off some goons, he throws one of them onto a glass table. Despite our expectations, the table doesn’t break and Kevin (Lamorne Morris) remarks how strange that is. He finds it especially strange when the same thing happens later and that glass table doesn’t break either.

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8 You Don’t Talk About It

Holy s**t, are we doing a fight club?

Every group needs a member who is just a little slower than the rest of them. In Game Night, that role is filled by Ryan (Billy Magnussen). Though a very eager participant in game night, his energetic attitude sometimes causes him to lose touch with reality.

When Brooks insists on hosting the next game night at his mansion, he promises a special event for the evening. Ryan’s mind immediately assumes it will be a fight club. While the ridiculousness of the suggestion is funnier enough, it pays off when they later stumble across an actual fight club.

7 Medical Attention

What about a veterinarian that works for the mob?

There is something so funny about watching a bunch of clueless and unqualified people try to deal with a life and death situation. After Max is accidentally shot during their misadventures, he and Annie try to figure out how to deal with the wound.

Knowing that they can’t go to the hospital because it will draw attention from the police, Annie suggests they go to a mob doctor. Max is quick to point out that they, like most ordinary people, don’t know any mob doctor. Annie’s next suggestion of a veterinarian that works for the mob is similarly unhelpful.

6 Point For Brook

No no, I’ve seen his d**k, it’s pretty great.

Though the action and jokes make Game Night a real blast, the movie also establishes some reasons to care about these characters and their journeys. One of the main struggles in the film is between Max and his more successful, cooler and more handsome brother, Brooks.

Max is tired of coming in second place to Brooks and see the game night as a way to finally beat him. When Annie and Max arrive at his massive mansion, Anne tries to reassure Max that a man with a house that big must be compensating for something small. Sadly, Max confirms that theory doesn’t pan out.

5 Callback

Charades? That’s some cute full-circle bulls**t.

Game Night is filled with so much hilarious meta-comedy with the characters remarking on how to events measure up to similar movies. While the film always tries to keep the illusion of the story intact, this particular moment almost breaks the fourth wall.

As Max and Annie are being stalked by some of the bad guys, Max tries to communicate with Annie without making noise. She starts doing charades to him which is a game at which they proved to be an especially great team. Max seems to pick up on what the movie is doing and says, “That’s some cute full-circle bulls**t.”

4 Improvising

They didn’t have rubbing alcohol and they don’t serve hard liquor, so I got you this lovely chard.

Countless action movies have shown us the scene of the hero painfully removing a bullet from their selves to the point where we probably know all the beats. This film understands what a well-worn trope this scene is in films and has a lot of fun playing around without expectations.

Looking to treat Max’s gunshot wound, he and Annie grab some supplies at a convenience store. The entire sequence is outrageously funny as they stumble through the gruesome task with their improvised supplies.

3 Look-A-Like

That’s not Denzel.

One small subplot to the story involves another one of the couples, Kevin and Michelle (Kylie Bunbury), having an argument about a recent revelation. Kevin finds out that Michelle slept with a celebrity years earlier and he cannot stop obsessing about it throughout the whole ordeal.

After continuing to bug her about it, Michelle finally confesses that the celebrity was Denzel Washington. She reflects on their romantic night together and even shows Kevin a picture she took as proof. But though he looks pretty close, that guy is not Denzel.

2 So Sad

Oh no, he died!

Jason Bateman is predictably hilarious in the film, but one of the major surprises is Rachel McAdams as Annie. McAdams is a great actor but rarely gets the opportunity to embrace her comedic side like this. She is outstanding as the intense and competitive game lover and gets even funnier as she is sucked deeper into this conspiracy.

During the climax, Annie is held at gunpoint by a thug but she catches a break when the man is sucked into a jet engine and turned into a bloody mess. Annie immediately cheers, then realizes that’s in bad taste as a man just died.

1 Bad Business

How can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?

As funny as McAdams and Bateman are in the movie, the real scene-stealer is Jesse Plemons. As Gary, he plays the creepy and intense neighbor who is also a cop. Following his recent divorce, Gary is lonely but can’t help creeping out the rest of the group.

When Annie and Max arrive home, he is quick to meet them in their driveway. They try to hide the fact that they’re hosting a game night, but he notices that have three bags of chips. Max tries to explain that it was a “three for one” deal, which Gary finds to be utterly preposterous.

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