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Blame the Game

2024 · 92 min

A light, tense comedy of social awkwardness where a friendly game night slowly turns into a pressure cooker of secrets and rivalry.

Directed by
Marco Petry
Genres
Comedy, Thriller, Romance
Starring
Dennis Mojen, Janina Uhse, Anna Maria Mühe
Overview
Pia and Jan have just fallen in love and arranged to meet Pia's friends for a game night. Jan meets Pia's friends for the first time and is under pressure to make the perfect first impression. When Pia's ex-boyfriend shows up and even Jan's buddy's tips can't save anything, everything is at stake: the relationship, the friendship, and the definition of truth.

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  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Marco Petry
Genres
Comedy, Thriller, Romance
Starring
Dennis Mojen, Janina Uhse, Anna Maria Mühe
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • friendship
  • deception
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour7
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, thriller, romance
Directed by
Marco Petry
Written by
Claudius Pläging
Starring
Dennis Mojen, Janina Uhse, Anna Maria Mühe, Axel Stein, Stephan Luca, Edin Hasanović, Taneshia Abt, Max Bretschneider
Cinematography
Marc Achenbach
Runtime
92 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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