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Playing with Fire
Directed by
Andy Fickman
PG
2019
1h 36m
Comedy
,
Family
5.2
24%
77%
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A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when attempting to rescue three rambunctious kids.
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Cast of Playing with Fire
John Cena
Jake “Soup” Carson
Keegan-Michael Key
Mark
John Leguizamo
Rodrigo
Tyler Mane
Axe
Brianna Hildebrand
Brynn
Christian Convery
Will
Finley Rose Slater
Zoey
Judy Greer
Dr. Amy Hicks
Dennis Haysbert
Commander Richards
Daniel Cudmore
Burly Smoke Jumper #1
Tommy Europe
Burly Smoke Jumper #2
Chris Webb
Burly Smoke Jumper #3
Brad Kelly
Burly Smoke Jumper #4
Lynda Boyd
Patty
Jessica Garcie
Scared Mom
Kurt Long
Scared Dad
Nova Ryzen Smith
Little Boy
Latonya Williams
Young Mom
Enid-Raye Adams
Grateful Woman
Mark Chavez
Insurance Husband
Jasmine Vega
Mollie
Shelby Wulfert
Shana Hiatt
Ash Lee
Dad with Toy
Darcy Hinds
Speed Bag Firefighter
Ieisha Auyeung
Speed Bag Firefighter
Marshall Bingham
Speed Bag Firefighter
Paul Potts
Axe Singing Voice (voice)
Nova
Masher
Kingsley
Masher
Andrea Libman
Pinkie Pie (uncredited)
Kristine Wilson
Reporter
Playing with Fire Ratings & Reviews
New York Post
Sara Stewart
Director Andy Fickman favors poop jokes and the cringe-humor of watching little kids court danger with a nail gun, kerosene, an ax and sometimes literally fire.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
"Playing With Fire" is harmless fodder that doesn't deliver much but doesn't ask much either. It's the kind of fire that puts itself out.
RogerEbert.com
Christy Lemire
A series of wacky antics with little concern for continuity, logic or pacing.
AV Club
Jesse Hassenger
Sadly, the movie never shows similar curiosity about what its young audience, and subjects, might be thinking or feeling.
Los Angeles Times
Katie Walsh
Haven't firefighters had it hard enough this fall?
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
While I didn't like Playing with Fire the kids in the audience did. Maybe that's enough.
Chesapeake Family Magazine
Roxana Hadadi
Playing with Fire makes increasingly strange choices that feel feel like the film itself is mocking the people who the smokejumpers have to save.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
I would not have thought it possible for one short film to have so many poop jokes and so many opportunities for the leading character to take his shirt off.
ChrisStuckmann.com
Chris Stuckmann
This is a really, really terrible movie.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Amy Nicholson
I was actually pleasantly surprised. This is, yes, for very young kids, but everyone has put a lot of care into it.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Tim Cogshell
It's big, it's goofy, and it's broad. John Cena cracks me up throughout this movie.
New York Times
Teo Bugbee
Despite the novel setting, the director Andy Fickman has made a visually flat film. The editing is frequently awkward, clunkily overemphasizing physical gags, and lingering too long on the actors as they try to light up dusty material.
TheWrap
Yolanda Machado
The film is bland and predictable, underestimates kids' abilities to understand story and humor, and relies way too much on sight gags that are clichéd and overdone.
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
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.
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
In the silence following each flat-footed joke, one right after the other, you can hear oxygen molecules bumping into each other.
Black Nerd Comedy
Andre Meadows
This feels like a throwback, but not in a good way.
Epoch Times
Mark Jackson
Cena, like Dwayne and Arnold before him, has biceps the size of watermelons, and doesn't take himself seriously. This child movie might make you yawn, but kids will think it's grand. Moms will also likely find the biceps very interesting to look at.
Film Threat
Alan Ng
Truth be told, my kid dragged me to see Playing With Fire, and one of us clearly had a better time than the other.
Pajiba
Ciara Wardlow
While it's a premise with decidedly limited potential, it could have been something watchable, but terrible writing, utterly bizarre pacing, and thoughtless, rote execution doom it to a far more dismal fate.
The Maine Edge
Allen Adams
[Playing with Fire] isn't going to win any awards and you'll likely more or less forget about it by the time you get home, but for a piece of family-friendly entertainment, you could do a lot worse.
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