Funny Games 1997

Stephen Holden, New York Times: This beautifully acted and paced German variant of Cape Fear ... is tricked out with a number of Brechtian devices to catch audiences in a voyeuristic trance. Read more

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: The emotions of the victims are clear and complex -- their conflicts dominate our experience of the narrative as powerfully as all the devices telling us to look elsewhere for the movie's themes. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Brilliant, radical, provocative, it's a masterpiece that is at times barely watchable. Read more

David Rooney, Variety: The film outstays its welcome and is more than a little too knowing in its manipulation of standard audience expectations for the genre. Read more