Trailers &
Clips
News
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations

Funny Games

:

Overview

Funny Games
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
1 rating
Your Rating:
write a review
NR,1hr 48min
Genres:
Released:
March 11, 1998
Director:
Distributor:
Attitude Films
Synopsis: In this exploration of our violent society, writer and director Michael Haneke takes a disturbing look at how depictions of violence at once reflect and shape our culture. A well-to-do German family -- father Georg (Ulrich Mühe), mother Anna (Susanne Lothar), and son Georgie (Stefan Clapczynski) -- are settling in for the weekend at their vacation retreat near the lake. While Georg and his son head out for some sailing, a courteous young gentleman named Peter (Frank Giering) appears at the door, ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
Michael Haneke's Funny Games initially takes on the rhythms of a typical thriller. The elements are familiar -- an air-brushed upper-class family, a glittering house in the country, the sudden intrusion of brutality. As it becomes clear early on, however -- about the time one of the movie's villains winks at us after murdering the family dog -- there is more on the movie's mind than your garden-variety ... Full Review
Photos
Naomi Watts in "Funny Games" (Warner Indepedent Pictures)
Michael Pitt in "Funny Games" (Warner Indepedent Pictures)
Naomi Watts, left, Tim Roth and Michael Pitt in "Funny Games" (Warner Indepedent Pictures)
Naomi Watts, left, and Brady Corbet in "Funny Games" (Warner Indepedent Pictures)
Michael Pitt, left, and Brady Corbet in "Funny Games" (Warner Indepedent Pictures)
Brady Corbet in "Funny Games" (Warner Indepedent Pictures)
Brady Corbet, left, and Tim Roth in "Funny Games" (Warner Indepedent Pictures)
Similar Movies
advertisement