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

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Funny Games | Rotten Tomatoes (1) 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 Full Review Funny Games | Rotten Tomatoes (2) 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 Full Review Funny Games | Rotten Tomatoes (3) 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 Full Review Funny Games | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Kathy Fennessy Seattle Film Blog Funny Games isn't meant to echo reality. Most of the incidents that transpire are "plausible," to borrow Paul's word, even if he and Peter aren't intended to resemble actual human beings, and Haneke doesn't burden the characters with a back story. Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 31, 2024 Full Review Funny Games | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Don’t think of Haneke’s picture as a thriller, bound by typical thriller tropes, complete with an exciting thriller climax and gratifying conclusion. Think of it as an experiment to show you how Hollywood cinema has manipulated your expectations Rated: 3.5/4 Jun 5, 2024 Full Review Funny Games | Rotten Tomatoes (6) 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Milan D This movie is a disgrace to cinematography. it forces the viewer to suffer, where they are constantly waiting for a relief that does not come, it is not enjoyable at all, the actions just happens and that's it, we don't get any meaningful answers as to why what happens. moreover, it cuts into the greatest value, which is the family, which is repeatedly insulted during the film. it only showed suffering and nothing else. if I could, I would destroy all copies, ban the film everywhere, and lock the director (Michael Haneke) in a prison. Shame on you Haneke, you are a disgrace to filmmaking Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/09/24 Full Review David H One can only wonder what kind of despicable coward makes a movie like this in order to entertain us. This movie is why many of us despise a Hollywood that seems determined to convince us that our moral values are unrealistic. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/11/24 Full Review Leaburn O It is a really neatly built up horror with creepy and sinister characters but it falls oddly flat in its final few stanzas. Watched on DVD. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/30/24 Full Review Amiyah W Haunting isn’t the most humane way possible. Amazing performances. The story throws the viewer into the movie without a choice. It’s almost as if you know what’s gonna happened and there’s nothing you can’t do about it. And THATS what’s scary. Very meta and ahead of its time Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/29/24 Full Review 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 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/08/24 Full Review wayne f What a bunch og stomach turning nonsesne. absolute rubbish. do not watch it. waste of time. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/01/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Michael Haneke Director Naomi Watts Anna Farber Tim Roth George Farber Michael Pitt Paul Brady Corbet Peter Devon Gearhart Georgie Farber
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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
Chris Coen, Hamish McAlpine

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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