Tag

It’s a ridiculously raunchy and very, very sweet comedy about staying connected to the most important people in your life.

One of the funniest films of the summer so far, it tells the story of five scruffy Peter Pans, who have been playing the same game of tag for 30 years. Sounds ridiculous, right? Well, the tale is (almost) all true.

It’s a well-intentioned comedy with funny performances and a handful of great humorous set pieces. If it feels as though it’s three or four different movies fighting each other for dominance, then at least those movies are all, in their own separate ways, relatively entertaining and amusing.

No matter how much they remind us that this is all based on a true story, at heart Tag is still a dumb, goofy Hollywood comedy with big stars running around making glorious asses of themselves. It’d be a pretty good one, too, were it not so afraid to embrace its essence.

The doubt about what is real and what isn’t has permeated so much of the film that when things take a turn for the serious in the final act, we the audience can’t even quite believe what we’re seeing, until the credits roll and you shrug to yourself, “Huh, I guess it was for real.” That’s a weirdly muted note to end such an otherwise over-the-top — conceptually and physically — comedy.

As a studio comedy, Tag is just about diverting enough to avoid total disaster, but it lacks the self-awareness and depth that might’ve turned it into a genre classic.

Tag isn’t interesting at all, but its failure is. It’s the kind of movie that makes the viewer ask questions, such as, why isn’t this working? Why is this bombing? Why is this dying the death? Why am I shifting in my seat just to stay conscious? The movie seems like it should be funny, but it’s not, so why?

Laugh-out-loud funny, "Tag" is a lot of fun to watch. Ed Helms, as always, just perfect as the Everyman husband and good buddy with a glint of mischief in those innocent blue eyes. Also wonderful as the WSJ reporter: the gorgeous Annabelle Wallis, who I just learned is the niece of one of my all-time favorite actors, Richard Harris. Recently there was a segment on "CBS Sunday Morning News" which showed the real guys. Look for a brief cameo from the marvelous Brian Dennehy! I enjoyed every minute and would recommend "Tag" as a fun date-night movie for both men and women.

"Label" was a movie that was a simple idea, but it's fun to watch, the characters are good, the story is simple but the comedy level has a decent level.

Interesting premise with a solid cast. It wasn't much of a comedy but more of a film that didn't take itself too seriously and still got a good message across. It was good but not great, It could have been a lot funnier.

Tag should've been more fun than it is. The budget for this production must've just been for staff - chiefly Jon Hamm and Jeremy Renner - because nothing was spent on sets or action sequences. This effort doesn't come close to rating a theatrical release, it should've gone straight to a comedy channel. This is such a poor production that I think Jeremy Renner's status just dipped to B-level being in this. Seriously, WHY would he do this?! Anyway, my advice, if you must, watch this while you're doing something else, it doesn't rate your full-time attention.

Believe me when I say I gave this flick every chance to stay out of a red rating. I could see my spouse squirming in her seat & glaring at me for suggesting to see this film. I was all geared up to cut loose laughing at a unique story line but the moments vanished quickly. Not sure why others are being merciful in their scoring but I rate this as one disappointing stinker. A "3" rating was being merciful on my part.