Free Funny Game

The film opens with the Farber family - George (Tim Roth), his wife Ann (Naomi Watts), their about 10-year-old son Georgie (Devon Gearhart), and their dog - arriving at their lake house in Long Island, New York. Their next-door neighbor stops in to help launch the family's sailboat, accompanied by a young man, Paul (Michael Pitt), whom he introduces as a friend. A short time later, another young man, Peter (Brady Corbet), also a "friend" of the neighbors, arrives to borrow eggs from Ann. He gets the eggs, but breaks them and asks for new ones. While waiting for them, he knocks Ann's cell phone into the filled kitchen sink, pretending it is an accident. He leaves with the eggs but soon returns again, claiming that they broke when the dog attacked him. Paul comes also and borrows a golf club to try it outside, returning a few minutes later.

A frustrated Ann demands that the men leave, but they ignore this. When George and Georgie return from launching the boat, George apologizes at first for his wife's unfriendliness toward the "guests." However, he soon realizes their rudeness as well and slaps Paul's face to throw them out. Peter reacts by breaking George's leg with the borrowed golf club, after which he and Paul refuse to let anyone leave and begin to play a series of sadistic games. First is a game of "Warm and Cold," in which Paul guides Ann to the family car; here she finds the carcass of the dog, which has been beaten to death with the golf club.

When some neighbors from across the lake arrive for a visit, Ann and Paul meet them at the dock; she passes him off as a friend until they leave. Once everyone is back inside the house, Paul offers to bet that the entire family will be dead by 9:00 the next morning, roughly 12 hours from now. Between games, he and Peter--who often call each other "Tom and Jerry" and "Beavis and Butt-head"--keep up a constant patter, with Paul frequently ridiculing Peter's weight and lack of intelligence. He also tells a number of contradicting stories of Peter's past, though no definite explanation is ever presented as to the men's origins or motives. Throughout the film, Paul also breaks the fourth wall several times, commenting to the audience about the situation