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Play the Game

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Romance

Written by: Marc Fienberg

Directed by: Marc Fienberg

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 28, 2009

Running Time: 105 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG-13 for sexual content and language

Starring Paul Campbell, Andy Griffith, Doris Roberts, Marla Sokoloff, Liz Sheridan, Clint Howard, Rance Howard, and Juliette Jeffers

A young ladies' man, David, teaches his dating tricks to his lonely, widowed grandfather, and plays his best mind games to meet the woman of his dreams. But as David's games begin to fail him, Grandpa quickly transforms into the Don Juan of the nursing home. Slowly, the teacher becomes the student, and it's up to Grandpa to teach David that the best way to win the game of love is not to play games at all. But both David and Grandpa may have met their match in more ways than one. (Story Films)

What The Critics Said

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63

New York Post Lou Lumenick

While Fienberg's direction is no great shakes, the film showcases its veteran cast.

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50

Variety Dennis Harvey

The comedy's broad perfs, predictable story beats and pro but characterless packaging have a smallscreen feel.

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50

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

The screenplay, written by first-time director Marc Fienberg, fervently stays true to an ancient sitcom tradition.

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50

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Joe Williams

Ultimately it's sunk by the hole in the middle: Paul Campbell (presidential aide Billy on "Battlestar Galactica") who substitutes smarm for charm as the archetypal player who gets played.

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50

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

Alas, the conceit of a double-dating Grandson and Gramps does not produce a great many laughs in this cringeworthy film.

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40

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

Undeniably offers cheap laughs, its most receptive audiences will likely be found in retirement-community auditoriums.

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40

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

If you love Viagra jokes, look no further. Otherwise, stay home and find yourself a "Golden Girls" marathon.

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40

Village Voice Aaron Hillis

This Lifetime-ready comedy is hardly provocative--let alone perceptive, funny, or fresh

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38

Boston Globe Janice Page

Fienberg’s film spends most of its time trying to convince us that true love starts when you stop playing games. Then, in the final minutes, it reverses itself and puts gamesmanship back up on another wobbly pedestal. The result is hard to cheer.

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30

Washington Post John Anderson

A sex romp starring Andy Griffith? Holy AARP! The good news is that the seemingly perennial TV fixture is still funny and sharp and folksy. The bad news is that he lost the bet, or whatever it was that got him into Marc Fienberg's smarmy, lackluster comedy.

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25

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub

Has all kinds of good intentions, but the comedy is too broad and the pacing is clumsy. And then there's the Andy Griffith sex scene.

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0

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

This comedy is a bilge pump of tacky jokes, fake sentiment, and hollow performances, accompanied on the soundtrack by lite rock and hokey music cues. It should never have been made, though it's probably guaranteed a long life at bad-film festivals.

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