Funny Games

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Funny Games

1997

1h 48m

Mystery & Thriller

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An idyllic lakeside vacation home is terrorized by Paul (Arno Frisch) and Peter (Frank Giering), a pair of deeply disturbed young men. When the fearful Anna (Susanne Lothar) is home alone, the two men drop by for a visit that quickly turns violent and terrifying. Husband Georg (Ulrich Mühe) comes to her rescue, but Paul and Peter take the family hostage and subject them to nightmarish abuse and humiliation. From time to time, Paul talks to the film's audience, making it complicit in the horror.

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Critics Consensus

Violent images and blunt audience provocation make up this nihilistic experiment from one of cinema's more difficult filmmakers.

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David Rooney

Variety

03/26/2009

The film outstays its welcome and is more than a little too knowing in its manipulation of standard audience expectations for the genre.

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

05/03/2006

2/4

Haneke's snooty admonishments are disturbing because they're never self-critical.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

01/26/2006

Brilliant, radical, provocative, it's a masterpiece that is at times barely watchable.

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Brian Bisesi

Horror Movie Club Podcast

05/15/2024

3.5/5

While Funny Games takes us on an entirely unpleasant journey, it at least plays with form and forces us to question our role in the entire disturbing affair. Long takes and patient pacing force us to reckon with the horrors unfolding on the screen.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

11/03/2023

4.5/5

Haneke's audacious home invasion film is as confronting as it is effective. This is a masterclass.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/21/2022

4.5/5

It’s a disturbing thriller that I found to be smart and compelling but also brutally painful and sometimes emotionally unbearable.

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Alex F

@AlexFinch Jun 20

When you market a movie as a thriller and then finger-wag at the audience for expecting a thriller (but only after they’ve paid you their sweet sweet movie ticket money of course), you’re not a radical film legend. You’re just a guy with a moral superiority complex who hates his own audience. This film is like watching paint dry, randomly interwoven with a guy staring at the screen and telling you that you’re a very very bad person for watching this movie. Don’t bother. Half the visuals are other people reacting to the thriller movie that we don’t see, and the other half is Anna sitting there staring at a wall while German motorcross plays in the background. I want two hours of my life back. This isn’t church, so quit the preaching. Also, "horror movies make you evil" is some satanic panic bull that should’ve been left in the 80’s, not a decent basis of a movie.

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Josh H

@wildideas Jun 8

This definitely succeeds at making you uncomfortable throughout most of the movie. A very well-made movie, and I have zero interest in ever watching it again.

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Gerson F

@Dutra Feb 21

The rollback troll was just infuriating. I did not stayed for the torture. I just skipped to see if the guys died. I do understand the point the movie is trying to make. But is an watchable experience, I cannot recommend!

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David F

@dfulmer Dec 29

There is a lot to think about here. It’s a meta thriller, a hostage drama, and a frightening horror movie all rolled into one.

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BallKnockers T

@RT98248674 Dec 11

you people are disgusting for liking such a frustrating piece of trash. Why does shit like this get made?

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Oct 22

Success in 1 hour and 48 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for Strong Language Throughout, and Some Graphic and Bloody Sequences of Horror Violence and Gore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

An idyllic lakeside vacation home is terrorized by Paul (Arno Frisch) and Peter (Frank Giering), a pair of deeply disturbed young men. When the fearful Anna (Susanne Lothar) is home alone, the two men drop by for a visit that quickly turns violent and terrifying. Husband Georg (Ulrich Mühe) comes to her rescue, but Paul and Peter take the family hostage and subject them to nightmarish abuse and humiliation. From time to time, Paul talks to the film's audience, making it complicit in the horror.

Director: Michael Haneke
Producer: Veit Heiduschka
Screenwriter: Michael Haneke
Production Co: Lucky Red, Wega Film
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: German
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2020
Runtime: 1h 48m
Sound Mix: Dolby, Surround
Aspect Ratio: 35mm