The Method (El Metodo) (2005)
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71% of critics liked it
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69% of users liked it
(14,562 ratings)
The question as to how far a corporate drone would go to land a high-level position at a multinational corporation is explored in Argentinian director Marcelo Piñeyro's back-stabbing boardroom drama that takes its name from a mysterious human-resources strategy imported from the United States as… More The question as to how far a corporate drone would go to land a high-level position at a multinational corporation is explored in Argentinian director Marcelo Piñeyro's back-stabbing boardroom drama that takes its name from a mysterious human-resources strategy imported from the United States as a means of choosing the best man for the job. As the time for a decision draws near, the streets of Madrid are awash with anti-globalization protesters; and the tension between job applicants Carlos (Eduardo Noriega), Nieves (Najwa Nimri), Fernando (Eduard Fernández), Ana (Adriana Ozores), and Enrique (Ernesto Alterio) comes to a head. As the corporate lackeys engage in an increasingly dehumanizing series of psychological games and scorching betrayals, the choice of who will ultimately take the reins of the coveted position will ultimately depend on which applicant is willing to employ the most diabolical techniques of manipulation. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Marcelo Piñeyro
- Written By
- Mateo Gil, Marcelo Piñeyro
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Jul 6, 2007 Wide
- On DVD
- Aug 14, 2007
- Studio
- Palm Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
The movie doesn't trust that an illuminating comedy of pathetic people can be entertaining for long, so it sprinkles some hormones on the proceedings.
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Mark Holcomb, Time Out
The film loses some of its sting once the race narrows, but its outcome and the politically, emotionally astute fade-out are suitably devastating.
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Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times
The Method is a funny film that touches on a corporation's responsibility to society, the price of ambition and the persistence of workplace sexism.
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Robert Koehler, Variety
Smartly and seamlessly blending a cast of talented Argentine and Spanish thesps, Pineyro seems to be testing how much cinema he can derive from a restricted space.
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Jan Stuart, Newsday
...The Method is a tartly performed, compulsively watchable glass-tower And Then There Were None, in which the only blood that gets spilt comes from places that hurt the most: pride and ego.
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Cast
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Eduardo Noriega
as Carlos
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Najwa Nimri
as Nieves
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Eduard Fernández
as Fernando
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Pablo Echarri
as Ricardo
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Ernesto Alterio
as Enrique
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Natalia Verbeke
as Montse
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Adriana Ozores
as Ana
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Carmelo Gómez
as Juio
