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Games People Play: New York

2004

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews

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Games People Play: New York

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Artistic License | Release Date: March 12, 2004 | Not Rated

Summary: Just how far will people go for Fame & Fortune? Just when you thought the whole reality craze could go no further, Games People Play: New York brings you seduction, bulimia, nudity, Tourette's Syndrome and some real f#$@ed-up behavior, all in what is truly America's most uninhibited game! (Artistic License Films)

Director: James Ronald Whitney

Genre(s): Comedy, Reality-TV

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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Metascore

Critic Reviews

90

Film Threat

Doug Brunell

This is a serious look at the corrupting influences of fame, money and entertainment, and what it says about us may be even more damning than what it says about its participants. Read full review

75

Entertainment Weekly

Owen Gleiberman

A bit of a tease itself. The movie keeps threatening to become amateur porn, like a risqué ''Candid Camera'' gone ''Dirty Debutantes,'' but it never quite gets there. Read full review

50

Washington Post

Michael O'Sullivan

It's a pretty scathing satire of reality TV, including itself, which makes it both what it is, and a critique of what it is. Read full review

25

San Francisco Chronicle

Walter Addiego

Flimsy mockumentary. Read full review

20

Variety

David Rooney

This artless, unpolished venture adds a heavy sex-and-skin factor to a poorly defined game show, lurching awkwardly between exploitative voyeurism, maudlin confessions and self-consciously risque titillation. Read full review

20

Los Angeles Times

Kevin Thomas

Whitney takes having it both ways to new heights -- depths is perhaps more like it. He satirizes reality TV while showing total nudity and at times carrying sex to the verge of soft-core porn. As titillating and energetic as the film is, it is also rather sad because it reveals what aspiring actors will endure for what they apparently regard as an opportunity. Read full review

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Chicago Reader

J.R. Jones

Whitney frames this as the pilot for a reality TV show, but if that doesn't pan out he can pitch it to al Qaeda as a recruiting tool. Read full review

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