Tag had potential—a true story about lifelong friends maintaining an annual game of tag is inherently charming. But the movie squanders that premise by drowning it in R-rated raunch, crude sexual humor, and constant profanity.

The friendship angle is there, somewhere, but you have to wade through a lot of juvenile (ironically) humor to find it. Critics were mixed and audiences were lukewarm, which tracks—this feels like a great magazine article turned into a mediocre comedy that couldn't figure out what it wanted to be.

For parents: this is not for your kids, full stop. The R rating is well-earned. For adults looking for light comedy? It's fine, forgettable, occasionally amusing. But there are better ways to spend two hours if you want either genuine laughs or meaningful content about friendship.