David Fincher’s Twistiest Film, The Game Is Still His Most Fun

, a weird little film that turned 25 this month. It released two years after Fincher made his mark in Hollywood with what was arguably his true feature debut,franchise installment nearly had the already-prolific music video director swearing off movies for the rest of his life. But where—though it generally received positive reviews, including one from Roger Ebert—was not.

Of course, those last two developments were a part of the game all along, which leads me to the endlessly surprising plot of the film itself. It’s so far-fetched and twisty by the very nature of the game that Nicholas van Orton reluctantly decides to partake in at the urging of his reckless, playboy brother, Conrad “Connie” that it oversteps Fincher’s usually perfect bridging of prestige and pulp to become something that transcends either designation.

And he certainly was. Nicholas van Orton is a multi-millionaire investment banker from a wealthy family. He displays a near-caricature level of bourgeois ambivalence and disdain. He views people below his financial standing as physically beneath him, he feels entitled to other peoples’ time without giving anyone his own and he lets the few close relationships in his life fall to the wayside in favor of work. Everyone else is always an inconvenience.

Brianna Zigler is an entertainment writer based in middle-of-nowhere Massachusetts. Her work has appeared at Little White Lies, Film School Rejects, Thrillist, Bright Wall/Dark Room and more, and she writes a bi-monthly newsletter called

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justbrizigs I love it. Ridiculous plot, but Michael Douglas is fantastic.

justbrizigs Even knowing how it ends doesn’t stop us from watching The Game just about every year. Sean Penn is effing fantastic!

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