Funny Games

Attitude Films | Release Date: March 11, 1998

5.5	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 217 Ratings

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JonathanF.Mar 15, 2008

Good writing, good filming, superb acting (especially from Watts and Pitt). I just didn't like it much. the first 30 minutes or so are enjoyable - comfortably tense... but then it gets excruciatingly difficult to watch. it is a good Good writing, good filming, superb acting (especially from Watts and Pitt). I just didn't like it much. the first 30 minutes or so are enjoyable - comfortably tense... but then it gets excruciatingly difficult to watch. it is a good movie, just hard to enjoy.… Expand

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luckaksMar 13, 2011

... its not enough to make a movie mix every kind of violence possible and find that - because violence tends to be shocking - the movie itself will have some impact ...

the plot of this film is an empty sequence. No point is madeâ

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BartC.Mar 22, 2008

This movie is alright on a whole, however Haneke does not succeed with his attempted message of the film. Whether the message is to change how Americans look at horror movies or to just make them aware of it. Haneke uses this as a cop out in This movie is alright on a whole, however Haneke does not succeed with his attempted message of the film. Whether the message is to change how Americans look at horror movies or to just make them aware of it. Haneke uses this as a cop out in his approach at horror.… Expand

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SeanV.Apr 14, 2008

While I love Thrillers, I almost couldn't watch all of this. I mean it starts good keeping things tense, but then it gets so brutal I didn't know what to do with myself. And I have watch almost every horror movie out their, its While I love Thrillers, I almost couldn't watch all of this. I mean it starts good keeping things tense, but then it gets so brutal I didn't know what to do with myself. And I have watch almost every horror movie out their, its just I don't know how to describe it.… Expand

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ChadS.Mar 14, 2008

After "Cache", a career high for this filmmaker(so do the tastemakers say; I prefer "La Pianeste"), this shot-by-shot remake of the Belgian original is little more than a placeholder, one can only presume, as a means of introducing himself After "Cache", a career high for this filmmaker(so do the tastemakers say; I prefer "La Pianeste"), this shot-by-shot remake of the Belgian original is little more than a placeholder, one can only presume, as a means of introducing himself to a mainstream audience, and hopefully, not a sign of creative burnout. If you saw Gus Van Sant's "Psycho", you'll know what this new version of "Funny Games" is like. So does a new context change the original Austria script, which was meant primarily for a European sensibility? Yes and no. No: because recontextualization seems to be absent here due to the lack of domestic signifiers that would place the film squarely in America. The same geographical displacement in "Funny Games" is the stock and trade of Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier. In spite of its American setting and English-speaking characters, the only indication that we are indeed stateside is the dissonant heavy metal by the avant-garde musician John Zorn(of New York) on the soundtrack(the same music featured in the Austrian original). No better or worse than the original "Funny Games", if the American version is your first contact with this material, you'll probably have the same positive reaction as the people who saw the disquieting Austrian original. Yes: in one instance, when Paul(Michael Pitt) picks up the remote control and changes his friend's fate(Brady Corbet, previously best known in Greg Araki's "Mysterious Skin"). Since the majority of American films are blessed with happy endings, Paul makes a correction which aligns "Funny Games" with the European tradition of following through with the narrative's trajectory. There is no reversal of fortune for Ann(Naomi Watts) and George(Tim Roth). There is proof, however, that "Funny Games" might be directly responsible for the Adam Sandler-vehicle "Click".… Expand

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AndrewAnonymousJan 27, 2009

At first this movie had me very excited and I was quite scared at certain points during the film. However, as the movie went on certain occurences made me less impressed with this shot-for-shot remake. Yes this film had a successful plot, At first this movie had me very excited and I was quite scared at certain points during the film. However, as the movie went on certain occurences made me less impressed with this shot-for-shot remake. Yes this film had a successful plot, characters and suspense factor however it was filled with dissapointing, and at times 'random', moments. One scene dragged on for nearly 8 minutes without any camera angle change and with hardly any dialogue; 5 minutes definitely added a suspenseful thrill but boredom set in once patience wore thin. The second, confusing 'trip-out' which completely threw me off was a scene when a character literally rewound what had just happened and completely changed the outcome. With no hints of supernatural power, this was random and frustrating and left me wanting an explanation which I never seemed to receive. This accompanied with pointless shots and dialogue gives FUNNY GAMES a four.… Expand

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