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Playdate (2025)

Playdate poster
Directed by
Luke Greenfield
Genre
comedy film, action film, buddy film, action comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 628 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An unemployed accountant goes on a playdate with a stay-at-home dad. They end up being chased by mercenaries when the dad reveals he and his son are on the run from the military and the law.

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What happens

Playdate is a 2025 American buddy action comedy film directed by Luke Greenfield and written by Neil Goldman. It stars Kevin James and Alan Ritchson alongside Sarah Chalke, Alan Tudyk, Benjamin Pajak, Banks Pierce, Hiro Kanagawa, Stephen Root, and Isla Fisher. The film follows Brian (James), a recently unemployed accountant and father who winds up on a playdate with stay-at-home dad Jeff (Ritchson), only for the two of them to be targeted by mercenaries along with their sons (when Jeff reveals he and his “son” are on the run from both the military and the authorities). The film was released on Amazon Prime Video on November 12, 2025, where it became the number 1 film in the US that week. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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