Funny Games poster

Funny Games( 2008)

TV-MAThrillerHorror
66%
User
Score

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. cast image

      Naomi Watts

      Ann

    2. cast image

      Tim Roth

      George

    3. cast image

      Michael Pitt

      Paul

    4. cast image

      Brady Corbet

      Peter

    5. cast image

      Devon Gearhart

      Georgie

    6. cast image

      Boyd Gaines

      Fred

    7. cast image

      Siobhan Fallon Hogan

      Betsy

    8. cast image

      Robert LuPone

      Robert

    9. cast image

      Susi Haneke

      Betsy's Sister-in-Law

    10. cast image

      Linda Moran

      Eve

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    A review by OuroborosSurfer

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    Written by OuroborosSurfer on Sun Nov 05 2023
    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 t...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    15000000.00

    Revenue

    7938872.00

    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