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The vacation begins with Ann, George and their son Georgie on their way to their summer home. The neighbors, Fred and Eva, are already there. They make a date to play golf the next morning. It’s a perfect day. Ann begins to make dinner, while her husband and son are busy with their newly restored sailboat. Suddenly, Ann finds herself face to face with a polite young man, the neighbors’ guest Peter,... See Full Description
| Genres: |
Art/Foreign, Drama, Suspense/Horror, Thriller and Remake |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 52 min. |
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| Release Date: |
March 14th, 2008 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for terror, violence and some language. |
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| Distributors: |
Warner Independent Pictures
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$1,294,640 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
C-
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Boston Globe, Christy Lemire
"Torture porn for the art-house crowd." more...
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C |
Chicago Sun-Times, Jim Emerson
"If you liked those pictures from Abu Ghraib, you'll love 'Funny Games'!" more...
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D- |
Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips
"Haneke may have it in for bourgeois complacency along with bourgeois moviegoing expectations, but 'Funny Games' is fundamentally a bourgeois exercise in authorial sadism." more...
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C |
Entertainment Weekly, Owen Gleiberman
"A mockingly sadistic and terrifying 'watch the middle class writhe like stuck pigs' thriller." more...
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B+ |
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