Reality

It’s a troubling, unsettling and beautifully made production, all the more notable for being a debut feature that rigidly adheres to the actual recording that the FBI men made on the day that a brave young woman lost her freedom.

Reality is a bizarre blend of the gripping and the banal -- a film in which politeness is used as a weapon and guile is disguised as embarrassment.

Reality is undeniably compelling cinema, and it raises some implicit questions about what qualities we do and don’t value in public servants.

It's a fascinating movie in many respects, even if it doesn't quite work.

A stranger-than-fiction reminder of the precarious times in which we live, and of what happens when individuals challenge authorities less troubled by truth than retribution.

By presenting testimony without editorializing, the film becomes a searing indictment of a country that routinely punishes low-level true believers while rewarding traitors and opportunists up the food chain for their treachery.

The film is a masterclass in psychological analysis of how an interrogation goes, as well as the work that Sweeney put into having her face in front of a camera throughout the runtime...

... A fascinating, captivating, and revealing film. [Full review in Spanish]

With an intriguing narrative, Reality delivers a journey where the layers of truth gradually unfold, revealing the tensions and challenges inherent to the contemporary political game. [Full review in Spanish]

I can't say that any of these films has a happy ending, per se: they feel like a drowning person reaching for the rope trailing behind the ship after falling overboard--but here we are still thrashing. Doomed, you know, but not dead yet.