In this provocative and brutal thriller from director Michael Haneke, a vacationing family gets an unexpected visit from two deeply disturbed young men. Their idyllic holiday turns nightmarish as they are subjected to unimaginable terrors and struggle to stay alive.
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March 14, 2008: Review: Funny Games:
PLOT:
Michael Haneke remakes his own 1997 German film about a nice family taking a vacation in their cabin by a lake. Ann and George and their young son Georgie notice that their neighbors have a couple of young men as guests. Soon, the gentlemen show...
February 5, 2008: Funny Games poster:
There's nothing funny about the games played in FUNNY GAMES , but I guess that's the point. As you all know by now, GAMES is a remake by director Michael Haneke of his own 1997 Austrian film of the same name. The promotional material for this film has been pitch...
January 2, 2008: 2nd Funny poster:
We haven't heard too much from writer/director Michael Haneke's suspense thriller FUNNY GAMES , an English language remake of his own Austrian film, but that's probably because it centers on two white-gloved young psychotics (Michael Pitt - an always reliable...
December 6, 2007: Rated R for Funny:
A new R-rated trailer for FUNNY GAMES has hit the net, but I’m more into calling it a clip. Watch it and you’ll see what I mean. FUNNY GAMES is a film by Austrian Michael Haneke, a master of the psychological thriller (really psychological). In a rare move,...
October 1, 2007: Funny Games poster:
The new poster for Michael Haneke's remake of FUNNY GAMES (his own film from 1997) is pretty solid stuff. Very un-Hollywood, very European, very old school. That could easily be Brigitte Bardot's face we're looking at. And that tagline? Absolutely...
September 16, 2007: Funny Games trailer:
I'm still baffled as to why Michael Haneke chose to remake his own FUNNY GAMES as his North American debut. Haneke has been a dominant force in European cinema, creating subversive and disturbing movies for years. Any new Haneke movie is an event for me, and I...
September 13, 2007: Naomi's Funny pics:
Though its title may make it sound like a lighthearted romantic comedy, FUNNY GAMES is anything but. Starring Naomi Watts, the film is actually a remake of a 1997 thriller of the same name that follows a family that is captured at their country cabin and tortured...
August 24, 2006: Roth plays Games:
Mr. Orange himself, Tim Roth, has signed on to co-star with Naomi Watts in the upcoming thriller FUNNY GAMES. Roth would play Watts' husband who helps to try and ward off a pair of psychos who ambush their family at a vacation cabin. The film is a remake of the...
