Carnage
2011 · Movie · R · 80 min · ★ 7.2 · 66% critics
Two pairs of parents meet to talk through a school fight involving their sons, starting off polite and trying to resolve it peacefully. As the day goes on, increasingly immature and combative behavior turns the conversation into mounting chaos.
Based on God of Carnage
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-09-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (3,149 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Carnage if you like tense, room-bound relationship drama with fast, biting banter; Not for you if you want a straightforward comedy, since it often feels darker and more unsettling than expected, unlike Four Lions or The Idiots.
Pros: tense character clashes; sharp, funny dialogue; strong ensemble performances | Cons: trapped, claustrophobic feel; may feel cold; genre expectations vary
Themes
- flat
- hamster
- dark comedy
- vomit
- based on play or musical
- insult
- writer
- tulips
- meeting
- puke
- pants
- liberal
- +2 more
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2012 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actress · 2012 · nominated
Cast & crew
Jodie Foster
as Penelope Longstreet
Kate Winslet
as Nancy Cowan
Christoph Waltz
as Alan Cowan
John C. Reilly
as Michael Longstreet
Elvis Polanski
as Zachary Cowan
Eliot Berger
as Ethan Longstreet
Joseph Rezwin
as Walter (voice)
Nathan Rippy
as Dennis (voice)
Tanya Lopert
as Michael's Mother (voice)
Julie Adams
as Secretary (voice)
Directed by Roman Polanski