History Film / Tag

''Tag'' is a comedy film released in 2018. It stars Creator/JeremyRenner, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/EdHelms, Hannibal Burress, [[Series/NewGirl Jake Johnson]], Creator/IslaFisher, and Leslie Bibb.

* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: The film and its promotional campaign repeatedly declare that it's based on an actual game of Tag that is still being played.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: {{Discussed}}. Hoagie informs Jerry that he's missed the entire point of the game by always insuring he's never tagged. The point was for the friends to find a reason to keep coming together, not to constantly try to get away.

* FakePregnancy: [[spoiler:{{Exploited}}, even '''weaponized''', by Jerry and his wife. She lets it slip that she's pregnant as way to set up a possible escape route should Jerry become trapped and need to make an exit while the game of Tag is still in play.]]

** [[spoiler:Hoagie hiding the fact that he might not make it for next season can be inferred from that fact that not only was he the one to get his friends together to tag Jerry, but Jerry himself never once bragged about retiring from the game as Hoagie had stated much earlier.]]

** Also, [[spoiler:Lou says that in exchange for his silence, Jerry promised to let him play tag next season. That contradicts what Hoagie claimed about Jerry retiring from tag; an early hint he lied.]]

* GenderFlip: the real life reporter for the Wall Street Journal who chronicled the story of the men playing Tag for 30 years was a man named Russel Adams. In the movie, it's a woman named Rebecca Crosby, played by Creator/AnnabelleWallis

The story revolves around a group of five childhood friends who are engaged in a decades-long game of Tag. Each goes to absurd lengths to catch his or her friends by surprise and practically no time or place is off limits. Four of the members are thrown for a loop, however, when the fifth member of their group, who has never been tagged, announces that he might not be interested in playing the game anymore.

!!This film provides examples of the following:

* SherlockScan: One of Jerry's skills: figuring out not only the best way to avoid getting tagged, but how to trip and toss his buddies at each other to tag themselves. He uses a hyperawareness that would impress Tony Stark... uh, Sherlock Holmes himself.

* EveryoneHasStandards: For Jerry [[spoiler:and his wife, faking a pregnancy and a subsequently faking a miscarriage]] doesn't cross the line. The rest of the friends feel that maybe that's taking the game a little too far.

* GenderFlip, the real life reporter for the Wall Street Journal who chronicled the story of the men playing Tag for 30 years was a man named Russel Adams. In the movie, it's a woman named Rebecca Crosby, played by Creator/AnnabelleWallis

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Hoagie hiding the fact that he might not make it for next season can be inferred from that fact that not only was he the one to get his friends together to tag Jerry, but Jerry himself never once bragged about retiring from the game as Hoagie had stated much earlier.]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: For Jerry and his wife, faking a pregnancy and a subsequently faking a miscarriage doesn't cross the line. The rest of the friends feel that maybe that's taking the game a little too far.
* FakePregnancy: {{Exploited}}, even '''weaponized''', by Jerry and his wife. She lets it slip that she's pregnant as way to set up a possible escape route should Jerry become trapped and need to make an exit while the game of Tag is still in play.

** Furthermore, [[after being tagged, Bob comments that Hoagie seems to have lost weight. For those who understand certain side effects of chemotherapy. Hoagie merely brushes the comment off, not even mentioning how he has been losing weight.]]

** DoubleSubverted as we first see Chilli using a bong in his first appearance, but it turns out he was merely getting it ready for his father's use. Then it's revealed that LikeFatherLikeSon, they're both stoners.

* TheStoner: Chilli, who is smoking weed in damn near every scene he's in.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Hoagie reveals he only go everyone together for the game because he is most likely going to die from a tumor on his liver, but this means Jerry swallows his pride and allows himself to finally get tagged, and they change their rules so that Anna and Rebecca can play.]]

* SherlockScan: One of Jerry's skills: figuring out not only the best way to avoid getting tagged, but how to trip and toss his buddies at each other to tag themselves. He uses a hyperawareness that would impress Tony Stark... uh, Sherlock Holmes himself.

''Tag'' is a 2018 comedy film released in 2018. It stars Creator/JeremyRenner, Creator/JonHamm, Creator/EdHelms, Hannibal Burress, [[Series/NewGirl Jake Johnson]], Creator/IslaFisher, and Leslie Bibb.

The story revolves around a group of five childhood friends who are engaged in a decades' long game of Tag. Each goes to absurd lengths to catch their friends by surprise and practically no time or place is off limits. Four of the members are thrown for a loop, however, when the fifth member of their group, who has never been tagged, announces that he might not be interested in playing the game anymore.

* CrazyPrepared: Jerry - who has never been tagged - has gone out of his way to figure out every conceivable escape route around him, left equipment caches in secret locations, and trained himself to peak physical condition to dodge any attempt.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: The film and its promotional campaign repeatedly declares that it's based on an actual game of Tag that is still being played.

* SherlockScan: One of Jerry's skills: figuring out not only the best way to avoid getting tagged but tripping and tossing his buddies at each other to tag themselves. Using a hyperawareness that would impress Tony Stark... uh, Sherlock himself.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Chilli is shown tagging Hoagie at Hoagie's father's funeral. That actually happened between two of the real players.

BasedOnATrueStory of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYuEoBwE0lo ten men who really do dedicate the month of May to play a game of Tag that is now in its third decade]].

* BasedOnATrueStory: The movie is based on the story of ten men who have maintained their friendship by playing Tag every May for over 20 years.