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Funny Games (2008)
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet
6.5
53%Runtime111 min
Rating18
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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), directed by Michael Haneke, is a divisive thriller/horror film that received a mixed critical reception, with a 53% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.5/10 score on IMDb, indicating a somewhat polarized audience reception.
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Fans of director Michael Haneke's cerebral, unsettling style will find Funny Games (2008) to be a gripping, expertly crafted thriller that subverts expectations and challenges the audience's complicity in violence. The film's daring approach, with its skilled performances by actors like Naomi Watts and Tim Roth, creates an immersive and deeply disquieting viewing experience.
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Funny Games is a 2007 satirical psychological thriller film written and directed by Michael Haneke. The film is a shot-for-shot remake of his own 1997 film of the same title, albeit in English and set in the United States with different actors; Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, and Brady Corbet star in the main roles. Like the original, the film follows an affluent family as they are captured and tortured by two young criminals on their vacation.
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