When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

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Funny Games (2008)

You must admit, you brought this on yourself.

★ 6.5/10 March 14, 2008 111 min

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Director: Michael Haneke  ·  Writer: Michael Haneke

When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

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Director

Michael Haneke Michael Haneke

Cast

Naomi Watts Naomi Watts Ann Tim Roth Tim Roth George Michael Pitt Michael Pitt Paul Brady Corbet Brady Corbet Peter Devon Gearhart Devon Gearhart Georgie Boyd Gaines Boyd Gaines Fred Siobhan Fallon Hogan Siobhan Fallon Hogan Betsy Robert LuPone Robert LuPone Robert Susi Haneke Susi Haneke Betsy's Sister-in-Law Linda Moran Linda Moran Eve

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OuroborosSurfer
OuroborosSurfer November 5, 2023
★ 1/10

This is a movie I can't help but really despise. Especially egregious is the pretentious way in which the filmmaker takes a position of haughty moral indignation and attempts to guilt-trip his own audience for wanting to watch a horror film in the first place. We know what he wanted to achieve with this movie, because he has told us explicitly; and he thought so highly of his achievement that he decided to make the film twice, shot-for-shot. Every scene is deliberately calculated to be as awkward to watch and as boring as possible, since anti-suspense is part of the "point". It is essentially the writer/director giving a middle finger to anyone willing to sit through this finger-wagging tripe.