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Funny Games
Funny Games

6.6

Funny Games

R·2008·111m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Michael Haneke

Reviews

O

OuroborosSurfer

November 5, 2023

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.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$15,000,000.00

Revenue:

$7,938,872.00

Keywords

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