Amazon Prime Video’s Role Play is a fun and entertaining film with some flaws. Check out the details in my parents guide movie review.
Amazon Prime Video’s Role Play was released on the streaming service across the United States today, January 12, 2024. The film stars Kaley Cuoco (Emma Brackett), David Oyelowo (Dave Brackett), Bill Nighy (Bob Kellerman), Connie Nielsen (Gwen Carver), Rudi Dharmalingam (Raj), Lucia Aliu (Caroline Brackett), Regan Bryan-Gudgeon (Wyatt Brackett), and Simon Delaney (Toby Berman). It was written by Seth W. Own and directed by Thomas Vincent. Check out the details in my parents guide movie review.
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Role Play Parents Guide
In Prime Video’s Role Play: Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband, Dave (David Oyelowo), and two beautiful children, but she also moonlights as a secret assassin. Her frequent “business trips” lead to emotional and physical distance from her family, forgotten anniversaries, and desperate attempts to reconnect.
Role Play Age Rating Parents Guide
Let’s take a look at what concerned parents need to know about the age ratings of the movie before letting their younger children watch Role Play.
Language: Role Play contains some strong language, with profanity used minimally. Lookout words include f*ck, sh*t, and d*mn.
Mature Content: The biggest lookout in the film, other than the stronger language, is the violent content. The film centers around an assassin for hire, so viewers can expect lots of hand-to-hand combat, weapons used, such as guns being fired at characters, and sharp objects used to injure or murder characters. There are knife attacks, near stranglings, poisonings, crsshes, death, and bloody wounds. Characters are also shown consuming alcohol.
Age Rating of the Movie Role Play: Amazon Studios Role Play movie rating rating has an R rating by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA ratings) for violence, and language, and the parental guidelines advisory recommends it for mature audiences, an older audience, an adult audience, young viewers, young adults, little kids, older kids, and teens aged 17 years and older. The suggestion of parental guidance or a legal guardian (adult guardian) for this restricted R category is highly suggested for young children, teenage children, and young kids under 17 years of age in this R-rated motion picture for adult material. The minimum age recommendation is 17 years old.
Overall Thoughts
The best part about Prime Video’s new film Role Play is the performances, especially by Kaley Cuoco. Cuoco shines as Emma, a seemingly ordinary housewife with a hidden assassin past. Her comedic timing and ability to switch between roles are impressive. Bill Nighy and Connie Nielsen add humor and gravitas as rival spymasters. The film delivers some well-executed action scenes, featuring Cuoco using her lethal skills.
While the story unfolds in a fairly predictable manner, and the final twist isn’t particularly surprising, the idea of a role-playing game gone wrong leading to an action-comedy adventure is original and intriguing. At times the film struggles to balance its comedic elements with the darker action sequences and the emotional stakes of Emma’s double life.
Overall, Role Play is a fun and entertaining film with some flaws. Cuoco’s performance is the highlight, and the action sequences are enjoyable. However, the predictable plot and tonal inconsistencies prevent it from reaching its full potential.
