Movie Review: ‘Tag’ Rises Above its Silly Premise
A group of middle-aged friends have been playing the same children’s game for the past two decades in this fitfully fun new comedy
June 16, 2018
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A group of middle-aged friends have been playing the same children’s game for the past two decades in this fitfully fun new comedy
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