Tag Review: 6 Ups & 3 Downs

By Jack Pooley / June 30, 2018

1. The Tonal Shifts Don't Always Work

There are a few moments where Tag steers away from simply being a comedy movie and attempts to be something a little more serious and even sentimental.

Responses are likely to vary to these attempts, especially a surprisingly grim reveal in the movie's third act that sucks the air out of the film completely for a good few minutes.

It's a silly film about adults tagging each other: did it need to "get real" at any point? Absolutely not, and doing so here feels pretty half-baked in all honesty.

At times the movie intentionally veers into dark territory for a shocking laugh, but when it explores real-life troubles in the pursuit of earnest drama, it falls pretty flat.

These issues aside, though, Tag can be a lot of fun. Here's what works...