Funny Games

I'm not that big into foreign movies but man this was some absolutely crazy, intense stuff. A truly disturbing film that can only be watched once only. I'll admit that the second half does fall a little flat but the first is some of the most rivoting piece of cinema you will see in a long time.

This movie takes breaking the 3rd wall to a whole new meaning being hysterical yet chilling.The killers unlike some horror movies have no compassion,remorse or sympathy.Truely a must watch 10/10.

The most uncomfortable movie I've ever had to sit through, and the first movie I ever considered turning off, but like, in a good way. This movie's horror is so unique and well done.. Would I watch it again? no lol. Am i glad I watched it? Absolutely. This movie will give you depression just fyi

Sometimes no matter how well a film is made and no matter how talented the individuals in front of and behind the camera, it goes beyond what is acceptable in your own moral universe, and you shut down. That happened to me about halfway through this motion picture, when an event happens (thankfully offscreen) that is so vile that I turned to stone. And there's more to come. Haneke is an award-winning, world-renowned director, and some have declared this a masterpiece. Perhaps the feelings it has elicited in me is exactly what the filmmakers were after, so it could be construed a success. I've seen many movies with similar themes, so why was I so repelled? In restrospect, it comes down to a couple scenes. A few times the main antagonist breaks the fourth wall and talks to the audience as if they were an accomplice. And without giving too much away, there is one scene where time is reversed that feels so gimmicky and unfair that it cemented my repulsion. Movies like this are impossible to review fairly - the movie is brilliantly made. Performances are amazing and award worthy, particularly Lothar and Frisch. They are incredible! But why utilize so much talent on this material? I am certain they have their reasons, but in the end it doesn't matter. Art is subjective. An American remake was done 10 years later starring Naomi Watts and Tim Roth, by the same director. While part of me feels compelled to watch it for comparison sake, I don't know if I want to subject myself to this material a second time.

Well written, acted, directed, but very bleak. Also I hated the asides to the camera.

Desastrously bad. Looks like a movie made by first year cinema students that think so mich of themselves thinking they are making a conceptual masterpience. It's tedious, slow, very bad acting, very bad writing.

biased because this is one of my favorite horror films ever

a fascinating plot of psychopathic horror that is inescapable in cinematic logic. No CGI, no Monsters, no weapons, no metaphisics... just some fancy young humans are needed to fulfill their plan. The abysses of the human psyche are relentlessly brought to the end. The violence is creeping into it in tiny little steps. You find yourself hopelessly trapped in the scenario as if you were part of the movie.

Tough watch. Everything just lingers and makes the whole experience much more tense. Just wow.

I believe that there is a great lack of character development and the scenes are completely unnecessary as it is something that can easily be avoided, very unnecessary