Funny Games

3/14/20081h 51m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ You must admit, you brought this on yourself. ~

Overview:

When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

Director:

Michael Haneke

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$15,000,000.00

Revenue:

$7,938,872.00

Key words:

sibling relationship
hostage
psychopath
boat
vacation
remake
murder
breaking the fourth wall
male homosexuality
neighbor
serial killer
torture
dog
family
golf club
savagery
lake house
sinister

Cast

Naomi Watts

~ as ~

Ann

Tim Roth

~ as ~

George

Michael Pitt

~ as ~

Paul

Brady Corbet

~ as ~

Peter

Devon Gearhart

~ as ~

Georgie

Boyd Gaines

~ as ~

Fred

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

~ as ~

Betsy

Robert LuPone

~ as ~

Robert

Susi Haneke

~ as ~

Betsy's Sister-in-Law

Linda Moran

~ as ~

Eve

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Reviews (1)

O
OuroborosSurfer
Written 2 year(s) ago
1
This is a movie I can't help but really despise. Especially egregious is the pretentious way in which the filmmaker takes a position of haughty moral indignation and attempts to guilt-trip his own audience for wanting to watch a horror film in the first place. We know what he wanted to achieve with this movie, because he has told us explicitly; and he thought so highly of his achievement that he decided to make the film twice, shot-for-shot. Every scene is deliberately calculated to be as awkward to watch and as boring as possible, since anti-suspense is part of the "point". It is essentially the writer/director giving a middle finger to anyone willing to sit through this finger-wagging tripe.