Synopsis
For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they’ve been playing since the first grade. This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which should finally make him an easy target. But he knows they’re coming...and he’s ready.
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Cast
- Ed HelmsHogan 'Hoagie' Malloy
- Jon HammBob Callahan
- Jeremy RennerJerry Pierce
- Jake JohnsonRandy 'Chilli' Cilliano
- Hannibal BuressKevin Sable
- Annabelle WallisRebecca Crosby
- Isla FisherAnna Malloy
- Rashida JonesCheryl Deakins
- Leslie BibbSusan Rollins
- Maxwell RossTeen Jerry
Recommendations
- 80
The Guardian
Surprisingly, there’s emotional resonance in this slapstick flick about friends who are terrified to hug. Add that to the solid chemistry between the leads, and Tag is a fine callback to the sprawling ensemble comedies of the 1980s, back when the real-life tag team graduated high school. It’s a solid summer film that will melt away from memory by fall. - 78
Austin Chronicle
A hilariously silly comedy based on an absurd true story. - 75
Boston Globe
What’s most unexpectedly gratifying is how much energy veteran standup director Jeff Tomsic and his splashy cast pour into ensuring that this is legit entertainment, packed with gonzo wit and even some sentiment. - 70
TheWrap
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. - 67
The A.V. Club
There’s something mildly depressing about viewing petty gamesmanship as the engine that fuels and sustains male friendship. But funny is funny, and Tag gets by, appropriately enough, on the personalities of its stars. - 63
Movie Nation
It was never going to be as riotous as the trailers, but it's still funny, and in the case of Isla Fisher -- damned funny. - 58
IndieWire
Stuck between a hangout movie and an out-and-out caper romp, Tag settles for something in the middle — there are worse ways to spend your time, but the result is taking an outrageous premise and making it seem ordinary. - 50
Arizona Republic
The biggest problem is the whiplash-inducing tonal shifts. Director Jeff Tomsic, working from a script by Mark Steilen and Rob McKittrick, swings from violent slapstick to tender moments in slapdash fashion. You can’t get a handle on it, though maybe that’s fitting in a movie about trying to keep from being tagged.
