MarcusArcus
29Jul11
Mega like.
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Joshuah
7Feb12
I think this is a film that is clearly much more rewarding in contemplation after viewing what happened and why, rather then actually being entertained by it. it's torture for most and should be. It's masochistic in terms of cinema... you won't realize you enjoyed it until after digesting it thoroughly. I assume the remake lacked this approach; a horror film with no happy ending. I won't be seeing that any time soon.
IndyLIVE
24Jan12
Even though there is very little graphic violence actually onscreen, this film is almost unendurable. But it offers so much to think about afterwards. It is one of those movies, like Peeping Tom, that doesn't let its audience off the hook. I can certainly understand why so many people hate this movie. That may be proof of how on-target it is.
Knut Morte
24Aug11
How do they not know the number for the police, how is he able to get up the stairs by himself.... why is she so concerned with the channel instead of her son... yes the interactive part is neat but it doesn't nail it
My name is Bruce
7Aug11
Anybody who's willing to film the real death of an animal is in about the shittiest position imaginable to go on a puritanical tirade about fictional violence in genre movies, which is to say nothing of how vapid and simple-minded said puritanical tirade is.
David Huxley
28Jul11
What starts as a standard Hitchcockian thriller turns in less than ten seconds into an extraordinary exploration into voyeurism, violence, and viewer expectations. Haneke flips the filmmaker-filmwatcher relationship on its head. And when he turns the camera on the audience, we don't like what we see. This is post-modern metafilm at its finest.
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Drew Boggemes
10Apr11
With a killer John Zorn soundtrack, a wryly charismatic pair of sadistic pranksters and enough post-modern nudges to tickle the sickest part of your funny bone, Haneke makes it very difficult not to relish in this film, thus lending an even more potent effect to his never-ham-handed anti-violence discourse.
Eloi MV
28Feb11
Here is a movie that doesn't love or respect me. But I love and respect him very much.
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Burak Sakallıoğlu
2Feb11
Are there any reason for violence? Magnificent, one of my favorite movies..
Charles Deckert
13Nov10
Though I do disagree with Haneke's comments on Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers, I do feel this film does a more direct job of satirizing the fetishization of violence and mayhem in the world media in general, whilst Stone's film in my mind was speaking particularly towards American audiences. Personally, I think both make great companion pieces, two slightly different lessons on the same subject.
The Stunner
4Oct10
As a reflection on the relationship between narrative and the viewer, it's excellent. As a "message about violence on media", as Haneke puts it, it's a shameless exploration and extremely silly.
Maximilian Bercovicz
19Aug10
The scene where Georg is attempting to make a call to his friend then pauses momentarily to pick up the food before returning to the phone is so full of painful emotion, and seems to be the first real point of reflection on previous events... Ulrich Mühe was fantastic.
Renan Lazzarin
11Jul10
This violent critique of violence is one of the most suprising movies ever. Haneke delivers a screenplay that is sadistic and intelligent at the same degree and toys with our expectations every single moment. Arno Frisch has a tour-de-force performance with his alluring Paul, the immediate successor to Alex DeLarge. As the fourth wall is broken, we have to confront either our morals or our attraction towards him.
VENIMOS LOS JODIMOS Y NOS FUIMOS
1Jul10
Un interesante trabajo de Michael Haneke (aunque un tanto artificioso y jalado de los huevos) esta cinta (que se quiere critica de la violencia de la sociedad actual,que versa sobre una pareja de psicopatas que torturan hasta la muerte a una familia) significò para el director el reconocimiento internacional y la consabida admiraciòn cultista de legiones de admiradores. Un buen entretenimiento pasajero, pero nada màs
Trout Heart Replica
29Jun10
I cannot begin to tell you how much better this is than the US-remake (and I absolutely adore Tim Roth, but not even he could save it for me). It's dark, and gutsy, and nearly impossible to watch - all the things that make a great film! I loved it.
oki
2Jun10
I haven't seen the US remake but i think i'm bound to favor the Austrian original if only because Arno Frisch is in it and I think that connection to Benny's Video makes the film even creepier. Its hard to watch Funny Games without thinking its the same guy, grown up, in the cinematic test tube of Haneke.