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Playing With Fire is a good natured load of old rubbish that the kids mostly laughed along with. If that sounds like a recommendation to you, then have at it.
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Playing with Fire
John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key and John Leguizamo are rugged firefighters who must take in three rambunctious kids after rescuing them from a wildfire in this family comedy.
2019Rating: PG, Mild themes and crude humour96 minsUSA
ComedyKids & Family
- Director:
- Andy Fickman ('You Again', 'Race to Witch Mountain', 'Parental Guidance')
- Writer:
- Dan EwenMatt Lieberman
- Cast:
- John CenaKeegan-Michael KeyJohn LeguizamoTyler ManeBrianna HildebrandChristian ConveryFinley Rose SlaterJudy Greer
Playing with Fire / Reviews
Independent
The cast are so willing to put their egos aside -- like a children's party clown on their last resort -- that it's easy to be won over by all the goodwill on show.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Comedians John Leguizamo and Keegan-Michael Key work so hard at trying to pump some energy into the Supe's fellow smoke-jumpers that you fear for their health.
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RogerEbert.com
A series of wacky antics with little concern for continuity, logic or pacing.
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The New York Times
Despite the novel setting, the director Andy Fickman has made a visually flat film. The editing is frequently awkward, clunkily overemphasising physical gags, and lingering too long on the actors as they try to light up dusty material.
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Variety
Cena may be the first bodybuilder-turned-actor who has what Arnold Schwarzenegger had: the ability to project a mocking light soul trapped in a musclehead's body.
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