Rating of
3.5/4
Funny Games review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 03/08/13
"We're not up to feature film length yet. You want a real ending with plausible plot development." A brutally shocking yet provocative and surprising crime flick that is definitely not for the faint of heart. Unsettling coupled with dark humor and gruesome horrific acts. It's starts of with a regular wealthy family namely Georg (Ulrich Mühe), his wife Anna (Susanne Lothar), his son Georgie (Stefan Clapczynski). Peter (Frank Giering) and Paul (Arno Frisch) visit the family to ask for some eggs, and things eventually go wrong. The director utilizes effective suspense build-up and humor. The artists involved were cruel, sympathetic and realistic. In effect, the performances were authentic and believable. Excellent screenplay with lines such as "The wind blows where it wishes." "You only need to follow the rules and all will be will." "You shouldn't forget the importance of entertainment" from Peter. Clearly has loads of unsettling sequences and yet the reality of it all, evil usually wins. It shows that whatever is convenient for the audience, doesn't usually occur, such as life. Funny Games is a great film about the horrors of crime, reality vs. media and the circumstances that doesn't usually favor us. One of the unpopular or even known cult classic of its genre.
