‘Funny Games U.S.’ – check short review
In a nutshell: The idyll of a summer house vacation is being brutally interrupted when two young sociopaths force a family into sadistic, lethal games.
The story: An upper class, perfectly happy family, mom Ann, dad George and an about twelve years young George junior (Georgie) just arrived at their beautiful, spacey summer house and are about to unpack when two youngsters, Paul and Peter, show up at their doorstep asking for a couple of eggs. A neighborly request turns quickly into an unpleasant conversation and eventually, the family faces the horror of being held hostage in their own house. Despite their regular and extreme violence rushes, both the tantalizers show perfect manners, along with a high sense of hygiene and order. They are remarkably dressed, all in white including their gloves. They keep on hurting their victims both, physically and even worse mentally in the course of a twelve hours bet over their life’s. It’s obvious that chances are little balanced in this game… I won’t tell more, since the ending is little Hollywood-stylish 
Flickcritique says: The beginning is lame and a bit too long for my taste. Once the story line gets started, the movie gets more exciting, too. Ann (Naomi Watts) does a great, great job playing her part of the aging but classy mom. So does Paul (Michael Pitt). He’s been a great psychopath in ‘Murder by Numbers’ before. And this time again he’s very convincing. The rest of the actors are average or worse. I was particularly disappointed by George (Tim Roth), who has done a great job playing in ’28 Weeks Later’. Or even a better one in Tarantino’s ‘Four Rooms’. But not this time.
What I liked about the movie is that you never get to see any actual, physical violence, though the tension does not suffer under this fact at all. Also, the idea of the Paul addressing to the audience, asking for their opinion is sort of refreshing. What I did not like is the disappointment of not being surprised by the movie at any moment. Every minute seems to be predictable 
Also, some reactions of the captives seem a little strange, e.g. as the parents face the ultimate horror they seem to be remarkable little emotional about it.
Conclusion: An okay-to-watch psychopath remake with a few flaws 
Watch it if you liked: The Shining (1980), Panic Room (2002), Murder by Numbers (2002)
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cruel! but goooooood!
Fucking great movie! If you haven’t seen it yet go go go watch it! Sooooooooooo cooooool