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Role Play
Every couple has their secrets.
Emma has a wonderful husband and two kids in the suburbs of New Jersey – she also has a secret life as an assassin for hire – a secret that her husband David discovers when the couple decide to spice up their marriage with a little role play.
- Original title
- Role Play
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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MovieGuys
Jan 13, 2024 · via TMDB
Role Play is a rather tepid affair, that fails to cash in on its comedic potential. There's a lot of scope for comedy in Role Play but the script fails to deliver the laughs. What you get instead, is an exposition driven action film, with a reluctant assassin back story, that's all too familiar. In summary, works as a a simple action film but its not exactly original, nor is it especially funny.
CinemaSerf
Jan 13, 2024 · via TMDB
Anyone remember Henry Goulding's "Assassin Club" (2023)? Well if you add that in with the repetitive bits from "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005) then you will arrive at something akin to this unremarkable thriller. "Emma" (Kaley Cuoco) is married to "Dave" (David Oyelowo) but she has a secret. She's part of an international organisation that gets paid to kill folk. She wants to leave that organisation and so it declares open season. Meantime she and her husband decide to celebrate their anniversary by hooking up in an hotel bar and pretending that they'd never met before - an opportunity for some good on fashioned courting and a few vodka Martinis. Enter the scene saving Bill Nighy as the ostensibly single old fellow alone in the hotel trying to hit on her. Of course, he's not quite what he seems and a slightly comedic scenario ensues. Sadly, though, thereafter this is all just a standard cat and mouse adventure with loads of set piece out of the frying pan into the fire escapades that gradually draw in her unwitting husband, their children and of course some family baggage from her past courtesy of Connie Nielsen. As ever, the menacing baddies couldn't shoot their way out of a rice-paper bag and her ninja skills become the stuff of "Kung Fu" - only without any sense of mystery or subtlety. The acting is stiff and the dialogue must have taken a few more Martinis to concoct before resorting to the "Janet and John" book of college film scripting. I wonder just how many more deadly killers there are lurking around the suburbs of small American towns! Fills the television screen whilst you're doing the ironing, maybe - it certainly does not need your full concentration!
Manuel São Bento
Jan 12, 2024 · via TMDB
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.firstshowing.net/2024/review-cuoco-oyelowos-role-play-film-is-not-a-bad-start-to-2024/ "Role Play follows expectations, both good and bad. While the main performances, particularly from Kaley Cuoco, breathe life into the characters, most of the supporting cast falls prey to uninspired dialogue. The narrative, though formulaic and predictable, maintains a rather lively pace, ensuring a sustained interest. As a few other issues emerge, these are somewhat compensated by the filmmaker's commitment to providing a light-hearted, fun, entertaining movie that aims to offer families a good time without much seriousness." Rating: B-
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Kaley Cuoco
Emma
David Oyelowo
Dave
Bill Nighy
Bob
Connie Nielsen
Gwen Carver
Rudi Dharmalingam
Raj
Lucia Aliu
Caroline Brackett
Reagan Bryan-Gudgeon
Wyatt Brackett
Simon Delaney
Toby Berman
Sonita Henry
Karen Shah
Jade-Eleena Dregorius
Ji
Julia Schunevitsch
Salas
Stephanie Levi-John
Molly
Steffen Jung
Carlo
Betty Kaplan
Bartender Chazz
Moritz Berg
Bartender Berlin
Angus McGruther
Amadi
Dominic Holmes
Meyer
Jonathan Failla
Driver Berlin Airport
Stacy Thunes
Female Airline Employee
Cornell Adams
Doorman
Steven Stalder
Sovereign Driver
Erkan Sulcani
Bouncer
Ingeborg Heinemann
Set Decoration
Maxime Alexandre
Director of Photography
Mona May
Costume Design
Laurent Demianoff
Stunt Coordinator
Volkhart Buff
Stunt Coordinator
Julia Schunevitsch
Stunt Double
Monette Moio
Stunt Double
Alois Knapps
Stunts
Thomas Vincent
Director
John Papsidera
Casting
Carl Woebcken
Co-Producer
Christoph Fisser
Co-Producer
Henning Molfenter
Co-Producer
Anna Marsh
Executive Producer
Ron Halpern
Executive Producer
Shana Eddy-Grouf
Executive Producer
Alex Heineman
Producer
Andrew Rona
Producer
Kaley Cuoco
Producer
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