![]() So the Playdate gets away with a smooth, rubberized finish like the exterior of a vinyl toy. Combine those three factors, and the system lands in adult hands without requiring awkward weight bracing. Panic avoids this pitfall with a few crucial design-language tricks, including thinness (9 mm), lightness (3.03 oz / 86 g), and adequate width. Playdate fits neatly in an adult-sized palm, which might lead you to expect claw-hand woes once you hold it with two hands (think Nintendo's Game Boy Micro). Playing the entire "first season" of 24 included Playdate games hasn't changed my general impression of the device instead, it reminded me that there's only so much comfort owners can expect from a 3×3 inch (74×74 mm) device. ![]() It would have worked better as an 80-minute film instead of a clunky, 100-minute one.Final retail Playdate (left), preview hardware (right). Unfortunately, it feels bogged down by lame twists and characters. “Tag” surprised me as a semi-heartwarming tale of friendship littered with laugh-out-loud moments. ![]() While I won’t spoil it here, it’s so cliche and overly-sweet that it hurts the overall experience. This gross scene takes what could have been a sweet film of friendship and gives it an unnecessary edgy side.Īt the very end, a bizarre plot twist attempts to reignite the original, charming tone of the movie. Mostly initiated by Chilli, the disturbing cracks about miscarriages go on for way too long. The jokes take a dark and twisted turn later in the film, and they rubbed many audience members the wrong way. When she was introduced at the beginning of the film along with Bob, I was hopeful that she would help ground this story in reality and be a major character. It feels as though she was shoehorned into the script to boost the runtime and ticket sales.Īnother issue is the character of Rebecca Crosby (Annabelle Wallis), the Wall Street Journal reporter sent to cover the men as they play. While Jones’ performance isn’t terrible, her character is so unnecessary it becomes hard to stomach her. Rashida Jones plays Cheryl Deakins, the love interest of both Chilli and Bob. The problems with “Tag” start to creep up in the second half. His personality in this film is undeniable. A lesser actor would have given a half-hearted performance and gone down with the sinking ship of the screenplay.ĭespite these challenges, Buress, equipped with a masterful deadpan delivery, lands nearly every line. Buress’ character has no development, and the one character trait he exemplified at the beginning is ignored the rest of the movie. ![]() ![]() As he ninjas around, beating up his friends, it occured to me that this character is just as exciting as his portrayal of Hawkeye, an actual superhero.Ī poor script with unrealistic dialogue can ruin a film, no matter how capable the actors are. Renner’s character is unrealistically athletic and smart, outwitting the rest of the gang throughout. Renner and Buress command the spotlight with two distinct styles of humor. Bob (Hamm) is a successful and arrogant businessman, Sable (Buress) is paranoid and Chilli (Jake Johnson) is a stoner. As Hogan (Helms) rounds up the old gang for a final chance at tagging Jerry (Renner), the audience starts to discover every character’s quirks. It is for this reason that the first half of the movie shines above the second. The action sequences are crazy, over-the-top and hilarious. “Tag” is at its strongest when it refuses to take itself seriously an all-expansive, national game of tag between childhood friend is a silly premise, and director Jeff Tomsic knows that. Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, Jon Hamm and Hannibal Buress running around like idiots, parkouring through cities while classic hip-hop from A Tribe Called Quest plays? The very beginning of the film - despite a simplistic plot - is pure fun. The first 20 minutes of “Tag” feel like they were made just for me. Equipped with barely functioning eyes, a laptop and no experience whatsoever, Senior Assignments Editor Eli Maierson reviews the latest the theater has to offer in “CineMaierson.” ![]()
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