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Family Game Fight

By Marty Brown, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 5+

Family game show just a showcase for its hosts.

TV NBC Game Shows 2021
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age 10+

Based on 3 parent reviews

Doris Day
Doris Day Adult
March 13, 2022
age 18+

Celebrities Playing Games in a Giant Bed? WHY????

Why, Why, Why, Why are the constants and the celebrities IN A GIANT BED???? Here the CELEBRITIES play the game and all the CONTESTANTS do - while in a Giant Bed - is guess how accurate these stupid celebrities play the game. THE GAMES ARE ALL OF ELLENS, SHE LOST HER SHOW, LOST HER GAMES SHOW AND NOW IS TRYING YO MAKE A NEW SHOW.... it's very clear this show is ALL ABOUT CELEBRITIES.....AND stupidity being in a Giant Bed, playing a game. SERIOUSLY, WHY IT STILL ON TV???
Roseer
Roseer Adult
August 25, 2021
age 2+
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What's the Story?

FAMILY GAME FIGHT pits two teams of four against one another as they battle to win $100,000 and avoid pies to the face. Hosts and married couple Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard not only emcee the festivities but participate in every round, leading one of the families to victory and the other to bitter, pie-faced defeat.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say: (3 ):
Kids say: Not yet rated

Someone has vastly overestimated the charisma of Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard. Family Game Night is less of a game show and more of a showcase for the real-life couple, who participate as well as host. So the winners are determined not by contestants' skills, but by how well their hosts perform at a particular challenge. There are times when Bell and Shepard play the games, mug for the camera, and run through some dinner party-type banter, while the contestants just have to sit back and just guess how well they'll do.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the game: Who were you rooting for? Who did well? Who got lucky or unlucky?

  • What role does teamwork play in these games?

  • What skills does it take to win at Family Game Fight? How would you practice to be on it?

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