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Funny Games
Directed by
Michael Haneke
Not Rated
1998
1h 49m
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7.5
73%
83%
7.3
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Two violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
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Cast of Funny Games
Susanne Lothar
Anna
Ulrich Mühe
Georg
Arno Frisch
Paul
Frank Giering
Peter
Stefan Clapczynski
Georgie
Doris Kunstmann
Gerda
Christoph Bantzer
Fred
Wolfgang Glück
Robert
Susanne Meneghel
Gerda's Sister
Monika von Zallinger
Eva
Michael Haneke
Director / Screenplay
Veit Heiduschka
Producer
Christoph Kanter
Production Design
Jürgen Jürges
Director Of Photography
Lisy Christl
Costume Design
Waldemar Pokromski
Makeup Artist
Andreas Prochaska
Editor
Bernhard Bamberger
Sound Editor
Walter Amann
Sound Designer
Hannes Eder
Sound Mixer
Funny Games Ratings & Reviews
Variety
David Rooney
The film outstays its welcome and is more than a little too knowing in its manipulation of standard audience expectations for the genre.
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Haneke's film doesn't invite audience exploration; it pummels them with preordained conclusions.
Rob's Movie Vault
Rob Gonsalves
What Haneke has actually done is to satirize the complex relationship between the story and the audience. On that level it's a triumph.
LarsenOnFilm
Josh Larsen
Haneke has rational reasons for his movie's violence, but he still crosses lines more often than he justifies crossing them.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Haneke's snooty admonishments are disturbing because they're never self-critical.
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Rumsey Taylor
As a metaphysical experiment in sadism, Funny Games is endorsed by negative responses.
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
Austrian auteur Michael Haneke successfully mocks the American media's penchant for violence by pushing the limits of cinematic sado-masochism.
Filmcritic.com
Chris Cabin
What happened to the good old fashioned insane killer?
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...one sequence featuring the manipulation of time by a character undermines everything that came before it...
Film Scouts
David Sterritt
Sadistic, insufferable, clever, and relentlessly compelling.
Boston Phoenix
Peg Aloi
This is still the most frightening film you will ever see: unforgettably sadistic, utterly plausible, and totally f---ing terrifying.
MovieMartyr.com
Jeremy Heilman
Alternately infuriating and harrowing, Michael Haneke's Funny Games is a potent piece of shock cinema that thrives on making the audience uncomfortable.
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
The emotions of the victims are clear and complex -- their conflicts dominate our experience of the narrative as powerfully as all the devices telling us to look elsewhere for the movie's themes.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
This beautifully acted and paced German variant of Cape Fear ... is tricked out with a number of Brechtian devices to catch audiences in a voyeuristic trance.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A firestarter for post-screening arguments, alight with ghastly images and actions, and essayed by a spot-on cast and storyline that flows seamlessly from one nightmarish incident to the next.
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
The basic puzzle is why this sophisticated director chose this tired formula.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
If you want, this is a high-class Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Film Journal International
David Bartholomew
Remarkably well-directed and played, the crisp images perfectly framed by cinematographer Jürgen Jürges for maximum effect.
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