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Funny Games (2008)
description written by member Zara:
Anna (Naomi Watts) and George (Tim Roth) are enjoying a vacation with their son when a pair of sadistic young men, Paul (Michael Pitt) and Peter (Brady Corbet), breaks into their cabin and holds the family hostage. The psychotic duo plays twisted games with their prisoners, forcing them to comply to stay alive. Director Michael Haneke remakes his chilling 1997 German-language film as an indictment of the media's fascination with violence.
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Funny Games Movie Review by Zara  (6/24/2008) |
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I was going to save reviewing this flick for the time that I got a chance to watch the original, still sitting on my side table in its NetFlix sleeve. But since I've seen two very negative reviews of it so far, I'll add my perspective.
Why would people hate this movie so much? Because it's a rather brilliant reflection of...
(complete Funny Games review by Zara)
| Funny Games Movie Review by Suzanne (8/1/2008) |
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This is a decent flick, but I didn't like it. What I mean is I wouldnt watch it again. It's kind of like a car accident that you crane your neck to see but there aint anything purty about it. It's like watching a snuff film.
Pitt & Corbet play off each other well and its clear that their characters compliment one...
(complete Funny Games review by Suzanne)
| Funny Games Movie Review by Thomas (6/23/2008) |
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Dont even consider seeing this movie. This is a complete waist of time. Turned it off less then half way through the movie. The plot was bad, the acting was bad, in fact everything about the movie was bad. Were the two guys friends, roomates, brothers, gay! I have no idea, this movie was just plain horrible, I wish I never...
(complete Funny Games review by Thomas)
| Funny Games Movie Review by Chris (6/20/2008) |
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In this exploration of our violent society and how depictions of violence reflect and shape our culture, a middle-class family submits both physically and mentally to the torture, violence, and death foisted upon them by two young, unexpected, white-gloved visitors at their vacation retreat near a lake.
Funny Games is an...
(complete Funny Games review by Chris)
| Funny Games Movie Review by Ben (3/20/2008) |
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For me, I found "Funny Games" to be at times a brilliantly made movie that shows Haneke to be a current master of suspense. This movie has no real film score to speak of, and it doesn't need it to generate tension. The only music we hear are some opera pieces the happy middle class family play in their car as they head off...
(complete Funny Games review by Ben)
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