# Funny Games (2008)

> A cultured family’s holiday retreat becomes a merciless laboratory for testing the ethics of cinematic violence and the audience’s appetite for it.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4121

## Facts

- Runtime: 111 min
- Genres: Thriller, Horror
- Director: Michael Haneke
- Cast: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Devon Gearhart, Boyd Gaines, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Robert LuPone
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808279/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: oppressive, disturbing, paranoid, serious film discussion, arthouse horror night

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