Details

Release year: 2018

Storyline

A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.

Top credits

Directors

Jeff Tomsic

Writers

Cast

Jeremy Renner — Jerry Pierce
Ed Helms — Hogan 'Hoagie' Malloy
Jake Johnson — Randy 'Chilli' Cilliano
Jon Hamm — Bob Callahan

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Did you know

• In contrast to the movie, in the real game of tag there are 10 friends participating, the game is played each February, and they don't tag each other at work. However, the tag at a father's funeral did happen, and in both the game has been an unconventional way of maintaining friendships.

• Four times the movie hints at Ed Helms' character as being sick. 1) When interviewing for the cleaner job, the interviewer refers to bucket list activities instead of the job he's going for. 2) Right after tagging Jon Hamm, Hamm asks Helms if he has lost weight, 3) Helms tells Jake Johnson's character he's been experimenting with medical marijuana, and 4) Isla Fisher asks Helms if he is feeling alright at the reception.

• The film was based on the true events of the lives of former high school classmates (Bill Akers, Patrick Schultheis, Sean Raftis and Mike Konesky). As teenagers during the 1980s, they would entertain themselves by playing the schoolyard game during breaks at Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington.