Karry
Best movie of this year hands down!
Hellen
I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
sergepesic
The world we live in, and the lives wasted. The insulated business high rise surrounded by anti-MMF protesters. Seven candidates and only one executive position. " The Method" is a brilliant satire on the crumbling, but blissfully unaware of it , world of big corporation mafia. Greed, naked ambition and an incredible lack of self-respect, and the belief that everything is for sale, just name the price. Seven smart, educated, successful professionals and who wins? First two eliminated are the two of the most stature and quality. But today world has no time for people like that. Principals might just get in a way of profit and the future of the company. Sickening and sad beyond words. Life, this short, fragile special gift wasted for little more than self-delusion and a bit of money. Oh, I forget, they call that progress.
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To the backdrop of a massive protest against banks and large corporations, one of the latter tests 7 candidates to see which one will get the one open position. No one from Personnel shows up, instead, they get instructions, sometimes vague, through computer monitors, and this explores the group dynamics(which are not rigid throughout) of these very different, and all fully rounded, credible characters(not one of which is a scapegoat or only negative), as well as the nature of authority, social pressure, and the effect of capitalism on priorities and how far we're willing to go. It kind of plays out like watching one of those sick psychological experiments from the 60's. We are limited to these people and then the quirky, strange secretary(who really adds to this overall Kafkaesque feeling), and the setting is equally isolated(one could almost call it claustrophobic), with us not leaving the foreign, unfriendly environment of the office for the entire duration. The acting is excellent. Dialog is great. This is tense from start to finish, only increasing as it goes, and the pacing is incredible. Not only are you never bored, it only gets more gripping as it goes, and the ending is utterly spot-on, and perfect. There are some nice surprises along the way, if you can figure some things out from tendencies and the like(something I don't see anything wrong with, if it comes naturally, then it doesn't have to pull the carpet out from underneath the audience). There is a bit of moderate to strong language and a brief but rather direct sex scene, with female frontal nudity(possibly full, it's hard to tell) in this. I recommend this to fans of Spanish cinema and films driven by those they follow, and that go into human nature(including the ugly parts). 8/10
Michael Gomez
A major corporation holds a group interview for 7 candidates who must determine who among them is the mole and an employee of the company. Through computer monitors set up in front of each interviewee they are told to exercise their opinions and decision making skills on who must stay and who must go.With a fantastic cast made up of Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri & Eduard Fernandez, the actors seem to equally share the spotlight - and deservingly so. Reminiscent of '12 Angry Men', the entire film plays out within the confines of the interview room.The Method (English title) is as good as a psychological thriller gets. It seems to draw you in almost immediately and wastes no time in playing tricks on the audience in the same way the plot plays games with the characters. It's beautifully constructed and doesn't seem to have many flaws at all.Direction: 9/10 (Marcelo Piñeyro does a superb job on keeping us on the edge of our seats) Cinematography: 8/10 (Alfreod Mayo's vision supports Piñeyro's cold stern corporate look) Editing: 8/10 (Ivan Aledo lends a hand in keeping the film from feeling repetitive) Acting: 9/10 (The impressive cast's interaction with each other was a pleasure to watch) Dialogue: 10/10 (Adopted from a play, the script provided wit and suspense) Sound: 9/10 (The quality of the film's sound was exceptional) Effects: 7/10 (The computer screens felt like they should have had a more ominous film) Art Direction: 8/10 (The sets distinct look is proof a fantastic collaboration) Costumes: 10/10 (The personal touches for each character were seamless) Music and/or Score: 7/10 (Not the most memorable part of the film, but a part nonetheless)Total Score: 85/100It's a film you cannot help but draw your own conclusions to while watching and I doubt anybody could resist wanting to express their own views on the topics discussed. A brilliant character piece and an intense thriller.
daniel Carbajo López
in "El metodo" we can see seven person inside one room. THey are the seven candidates to a perfect businessman job, with few work and great salaries. The seven candidates feel proud of their options and they will do as much as they can to take the job; but they will suffer a new method of selection. The Grönholm Method. There, they will suffer from different psychological test where one to one, the candidates will have to choose who has to leave the room. Then, we will be able to see how man becomes wolf to man, how, shyly at first, angrily at the end they let their most fiery temper rise and great arguments begin. In these claustrophobic environment of absolutely trust-less men, secrets, fears and traitors; the most desperate fight for survival will begin. What would you to do get a job? How deep can you descent in order to triumph in life? The story is enormously catching, with great doses of thrilling, it is like these Agatha Christie's books, where everyone meets and then, the guilty is discovered. You follow all the arguments with your favourites, asking your self who is going to be rejected. In addition, the actors are enormously good. They all are inside their parts and are able to make probable their best acting (it is astonishing to watch to Nimri being able to transmit feelings, and wow, she does it!). i say it is so good, but, why not 9-10?? It is because it is based in a theatre play of Jordi Galceran, and, comparing to the film, the theatre is much better. I'm not saying that the film is bad, it is very very good, but I must admit than the theatre is better and I cannot feel comfortable in giving the movie the best marks. If you could, go to Barcelona, and go to the theatre. It is there until the end of 2007.
