Funny Games (1998)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:15
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: A powerfully graphic film (even though no violence is ever shown on the screen itself) about an Austrian family who goes on a country vacation and become the victims of two cold-blooded psychopaths... [More]
Starring: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Muhe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering
Director: Michael Haneke
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Reviews for Funny Games
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A sort of Austrian art-house Cape Fear by way of the new Cinema of Cruelty. Full Review |
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Haneke's film doesn't invite audience exploration; it pummels them with preordained conclusions. Full Review |
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5/5 |
What Haneke has actually done is to satirize the complex relationship between the story and the audience. On that level it's a triumph. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Haneke has rational reasons for his movie's violence, but he still crosses lines more often than he justifies crossing them. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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2/4 |
Haneke's snooty admonishments are disturbing because they're never self-critical. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Um genial exercício narrativo e de estilo que, ao mesmo tempo em que mantém o espectador tenso, obriga-o a encarar a própria fascinação pela violência.
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As a metaphysical experiment in sadism, Funny Games is endorsed by negative responses. Full Review |
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Haneke's film is a loathsome experiment in violence. Enter at your own risk.
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3/5 |
What happened to the good old fashioned insane killer? Full Review |
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...one sequence featuring the manipulation of time by a character undermines everything that came before it... Full Review |
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Sadistic, insufferable, clever, and relentlessly compelling. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Alternately infuriating and harrowing, Michael Haneke's Funny Games is a potent piece of shock cinema that thrives on making the audience uncomfortable. Full Review |
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One of the most gut-wrenching cinematic ordeals in recent memory. Full Review |
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C+ |
An ersatz nightmare, a pedant's lecture on sadism, and an intellectual's idea of a shock tactic. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Funny Games
February 20, 2008:
Exclusive: Funny Games' Guide to Home Invasion
Are you ready for the first mind-trip thriller of the year? We've got an exclusive tidbit from Michael Haneke's Funny Games -- a Users' Guide to Home Invasion, which might come... More...
September 17, 2007:
Trailer Bulletin: Funny Games
The trailer for Michael Haneke's remake of Michael Haneke's Funny Games is online, and MSN Video's got it. More...
August 24, 2006:
Tim Roth & Naomi Watts to Star in "Funny Games" Remake
Apparently the only thing wrong with Michael Haneke's "Funny Games" is that it isn't in English -- so get ready for the Americanized version, which will pair the... More...
May 19, 2006:
Naomi & Viggo to Make "Promises" with Cronenberg
After "A History of Violence," a whole bunch of us want to know what David Cronenberg's next project will be, and it looks like it'll be something called "Eastern... More...
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