Funny Games

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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.

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Critics Consensus

Though made with great skill, Funny Games is nevertheless a sadistic exercise in chastising the audience.

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Lisa H

Absolute Shitshow. If you want to waste 2 hours of your time watching two sadistic pseudo intellectual guys torturing a family, knock yourself out. Frustrating 10/10, would not recommend to anyone.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/08/24

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wayne f

What a bunch og stomach turning nonsesne. absolute rubbish. do not watch it. waste of time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/01/24

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Richard W

Great acting ,really tense graphic film ,had amazing potential, extremely violent,, getting one of you main villains to talk to the audience while committing murder ,is just stupid ,

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/28/24

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Thomas H

I'll give this one 2 stars due to the fact that most of the movie is entertaining especially for people who love violent/traumatic horror films. However, it must be said that the plot twist is one of the biggest cop outs I've ever seen. Like it is unimaginably unimaginative, almost insluting to the viewer. horror movie nerds on reddit will swear that this is kind of the point and that this movie is phenomenal, however, I found the 'twist' to be insultingly cheap and lazy. It ruined the whole movie for me, pretty much. And this is all coming from a guy who loves horror/psych horror/thriller movies and has seen hundreds of them. If I don't even like it, then who is this movie really for?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/26/23

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Ronald H

Filmmaker Michael Haneke originally made this film in Austria in 1997. The new version is a shot-by-shot remake. It's about a home invasion of a wealthy couple and their young boy vacationing at their summer home on a lake. Two young men show up under the pretense of borrowing some eggs. What happens next is horrifying, sickening, senseless, and pointless. I won't apologize for the spoiler: After protracted scenes of torture and injury, all three family members are killed. To make matters worse, Haneke injects bits of so-called humor into the proceedings, including breaching the fourth wall by having one of the antagonists look at the camera and speak to the audience, and later, speed-rewinding a shooting scene and replaying it with a different outcome. The so-called humor is not only incongruous, it's tasteless and exploitative. This is one of the most nihilistic films I have ever seen. It literally punishes the audience. There is no point to this film other than gratuitously showing a family being tortured and killed. And the ending, which again tries to be humorous, is appalling. Do yourself a favor and boycott this film. Don't let your curiosity get the best of you like I did. I regret watching this film, and so will you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/18/23

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Alex A

possibly the best movie about psychologically terrorizing the audience.other than that it is BOOORING.the moment these guys walk in the house,you already know what is going to be happening throughout the whole movie.no twists , no script surprises.too bad for naomi watts fans such as i.don't bother ..

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/05/23

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

Registers more strongly than the original as a film about privileged white people...

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 12, 2008

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

It's a tawdry kind of horror movie plot, given new meaning by Haneke's considerable intellect.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 5, 2008

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

I'm not at all sure that, in manipulating the audience to make his points, Haneke isn't as guilty of exploitation as the filmmakers and the films he's attacking here.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 5, 2008

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Stephanie Archer

Film Inquiry

Michael Haneke‘s Funny Games finds little humor in the horror it unleashes on the unsuspecting Farber Family. A game to shock and horrify, this is not a film with a happy ending, but rather a terrifying understanding of the continuing cycle of violence.

Feb 4, 2024

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Trace Thurman

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A frustrating, yet rewarding, viewing experience.

Rated: 4/5

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Synopsis

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
Producer: Hengameh Panahi, Douglas Steiner, Carol Siller, Naomi Watts
Screenwriter: Michael Haneke
Distributor: Warner Independent
Production Co: Lucky Red, Celluloid Dreams, X-Filme Creative Pool, Tartan Productions, Halcyon Pictures
Rating: R (Terror|Some Language|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 14, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 28, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.3M
Runtime: 1h 52m

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