Funny Games (2008)
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.
- Michael Haneke
- Jason Graham
- Urs Hirschbiegel
- Justin Ritson
- Michael Haneke
Rating: 6.5/10 by 2033 users
Alternative Title:
Funny Games U.S.A. - JP
Juegos macabros - PE
Funny Games - AT
Funny Games - Possiamo iniziare? - IT
Funny Games U.S. - GB
Violência Gratuita - BR
Кумедні ігри - UA
Country:
Austria
France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 51 minutes
Budget: $15,000,000
Revenue: $7,938,872
Plot Keyword: sibling relationship, hostage, psychopath, boat, vacation, remake, murder, breaking the fourth wall, male homosexuality, neighbor, serial killer, torture, dog, family, psychotic, golf club, savagery, lake house, sinister, cruel
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.
