'A Christmas Carol' sans Christmas and with more creepy clowns and chase scenes

Rating: 9/10 (2 April 2015)

The Game (1997) is one of the all-time great thrillers, a sort of action-packed version of "A Christmas Carol," really. Michael Douglas gives one of his best performances as a miserable millionaire who gets sent on the craziest adventure imaginable. Faced with multiple horrors, thrills, and narrative twists and turns, he eventually undergoes a transformation much like Dickens' miser.
Fincher makes the film stylish and atmospheric; The Game is certainly among his most underrated directorial efforts. The screenplay is just brilliant. Having studied this film for a class, I have had to view it multiple times and despite its two hour length, it never becomes dull or gets old. It's one of those rare films which becomes even more brilliant with each new viewing.
One of my professors claimed this was the perfect movie, not because it is groundbreaking in any way, but because it puts everything together so well. I have to agree wholeheartedly.