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01/01/00
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
US Box Office: $0
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
Reviews for Funny Games
Top CriticA sort of Austrian art-house Cape Fear by way of the new Cinema of Cruelty.
08/21/09
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03/26/09
Top CriticHaneke's film doesn't invite audience exploration; it pummels them with preordained conclusions.
03/20/08
What Haneke has actually done is to satirize the complex relationship between the story and the audience. On that level it's a triumph.
03/13/08
Haneke has rational reasons for his movie's violence, but he still crosses lines more often than he justifies crossing them.
03/10/08
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10/25/07
No review available.
02/25/07
Haneke's snooty admonishments are disturbing because they're never self-critical.
05/03/06
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.
04/05/06
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01/26/06
As a metaphysical experiment in sadism, Funny Games is endorsed by negative responses.
11/01/05
Haneke's film is a loathsome experiment in violence. Enter at your own risk.
10/27/05
What happened to the good old fashioned insane killer?
10/17/05
No review available.
06/25/05
...one sequence featuring the manipulation of time by a character undermines everything that came before it...
08/01/03
Sadistic, insufferable, clever, and relentlessly compelling.
04/17/02
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03/24/02
Alternately infuriating and harrowing, Michael Haneke's Funny Games is a potent piece of shock cinema that thrives on making the audience uncomfortable.
03/05/02
One of the most gut-wrenching cinematic ordeals in recent memory.
02/14/01
Latest 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
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