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Funny Games

2008 · 111 min

A cold, controlled assault on the viewer that turns suspense into complicity, leaving you shaken and implicated.

Tagline
You must admit, you brought this on yourself.
Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • media
  • power
  • morality
  • isolation
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour2
Realism7
Romance0
Tension9
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
thriller, horror
Directed by
Michael Haneke
Written by
Michael Haneke
Starring
Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Devon Gearhart, Boyd Gaines, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Robert LuPone
Cinematography
Darius Khondji
Runtime
111 min
Country
United States of America, Austria, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy
Languages
English

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