Roman Polanski directs Academy Award-winners Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, and Academy Award-nominee John C. Reilly in Carnage, a razor sharp, biting comedy that revolves around a polite discussion of childrearing that soon escalates into verbal warfare.
Carnage, starring Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz as husband and whife Nancy and Alan Cowan, and Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly as Penelope and Michael Longstreet, is a biting comedy centered on parental differences.
After two 11-year-old boys duke it out at Brooklyn Bridge Park, parents of the "victim" invite parents of the "bully" to their home to try and resolve the issue.
What follows is a polite discussion of childrearing that soon escalates into verbal warfare.