the friendship game reviews

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Alright, listen up, y’all. I’m gonna tell ya ’bout this movie, The Friendship Game. Don’t expect no fancy words from me, I’m just gonna tell it like it is, the way I see it.

So, this here movie, The Friendship Game, it’s about these young’uns, four of ’em, best friends they say. They find this weird thing at a tag sale, like a yard sale but sounds fancier. And this thing, well, it’s a game. A friendship game, they call it.

Now, these girls, Cotton and Zooza, and I guess there’s some boys too, but honestly, I can’t keep track of all them names. They start playin’ this game, and things get weird, real weird. Like, real messed up, you hear?

• First off, they say this Courtney girl, she wants to go to college. Nothin’ wrong with that, right? But somehow, it messes up their little group. Guess they ain’t as good of friends as they thought.
• Then there’s this Rob fella. He’s got his own problems. Wants to be good in bed, they say. Ends up sleepin’ with all three of the girls! Can you believe that? That ain’t right, I tell ya. That’ll mess up any friendship, sure as the sun rises in the mornin’.
• And Zooza? Well, she’s just kinda there, seems like. Her friends are leavin’, and she’s stuck in the middle of it all.

The movie, it’s supposed to be about how this game tests their friendship, see? Like, how loyal they are to each other. But honestly, from what I saw, these kids ain’t got much loyalty to begin with. They’re stabbin’ each other in the back before the game even gets good.

And the game itself? It’s got these consequences, they say. Destructive consequences. The deeper they get into the game, the worse things get. Sounds like a whole lotta trouble to me. Why they gotta mess with things they don’t understand? Kids these days, always lookin’ for trouble.

Now, some folks say the acting is good. “Solid across the board,” they say. And yeah, maybe the actors are doin’ their best with what they got. But the characters, they ain’t much to write home about. “Underwritten,” they call it. Means they ain’t got much depth, I reckon. They’re just kinda… there. Like cardboard cutouts, you know?

This whole movie, it’s supposed to be scary, I guess. But it ain’t scary like a ghost story or somethin’. It’s scary ’cause it shows you how people can be mean to each other. How they can betray their friends. That’s the real scary part, if you ask me.

They say the movie is 87 minutes long. Not too long, but honestly, it felt longer. And it ain’t rated, which means it could be anything, I guess. But don’t expect nothin’ too wild. It’s more messed up in the head than anything else.

They released it in some theaters, and you can watch it on your computer or TV too, if you got one of them fancy things. “Digital and on demand,” they call it. Me? I just watched it on the TV, the one my grandson set up for me.

So, the bottom line? This The Friendship Game, it ain’t no feel-good movie, that’s for sure. It’s kinda depressing, to be honest. Makes you think about who your real friends are, and whether they’d stick by you if things got tough. And mostly, it makes you think those young’uns got a lot to learn about friendship.

One fella, he said it was “deplorable from beginning to end.” Now, I don’t know what “deplorable” means exactly, but it sounds about right. It ain’t a good movie, I’ll tell you that much. Save your money, go buy yourself a nice piece of pie instead. You’ll be happier, I promise you.

Anyway, that’s my two cents on The Friendship Game. Take it or leave it. Just a plain ol’ movie review, from a plain ol’ person.

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