Funny Games

2002 • 104 minuten

Over deze film

Arriving at their remote lakeside holiday home, a middle class family are alarmed by the unexpected arrival of two young men who soon begin to subject them to a twisted and horrifying ordeal of terror. With characteristic mastery, Haneke turns the conventions of the thriller genre upside down and directly challenges the expectations of his audience, forcing viewers to question the complacency with which they receive images of casual violence in contemporary cinema.

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Contrary to the absurd verdict of the last reviewer, this film does exactly the opposite of glamorising violence. It deliberately places the viewer in a position where (s)he has to confront his or her complicity in the violence taking place. It actually makes the point rather untactfully, breaking the 4th wall to do so. Accuse the film of many things, by all means, but that accusation if utterly daft.

A real masterclass in suspense. Finally a film which breaks cinema conventions in the best possible Way and shows there are filmmakers willing to break the rules and not follow the herd.

Incorrect image/trailer, this listing is for the original German film and not the us/english remake