AltWeeklies Wire
Michael Haneke Will Be Your Mirrornew
Don't blame him if you don't like what you see.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
03-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
'Funny Games': Nervous Laughternew
Is Michael Haneke funny "ha-ha" or funny "sick"?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
03-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
Gaming the Viewernew
Why would you want to watch a film about a couple and their young son held prisoner and tortured by a pair of bullying psychopaths?
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
'Funny Games' is No Laughing Matternew
Michael Haneke's intense, brilliant film is definitely not for everyone.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Staff |
03-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
Serial Abusenew
Michael Haneke claims modern sophistication but proves he's a sadistic fraud in an American adaptation of his own film.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-13-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
Mugging for the Cameranew
You have to wonder: Why an American shot-for-shot remake of Funny Games, Michael Haneke's decade-old Austrian film now?
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
The Arthouse and the Slaughterhouse Meet Againnew
In 2008 -- the era of Eli Roth and Saw -- a remake of Funny Games should be extra potent, especially with Michael Haneke behind the camera and boasting a supreme cast.
Willamette Week |
AP Kryza |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
Giving the U.S. the 'Funny Games' it Deservesnew
It's worth noting that perhaps Haneke's most ingenious (and frequently overlooked) gambit is that there is almost no onscreen violence. As much as Funny Games feels like particularly merciless, graphic torture porn, the actual moments of assault are almost always cut away from or just out of frame.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
03-12-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
Two Serial Killers Walk Into a Home
Michael Haneke's remake of his own movie is no joke.
Tags: Funny Games, Michael Haneke
