The Method (El Metodo) (2005)
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 5
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Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 3
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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
Jul 6, 2007 Wide
Aug 14, 2007
Palm Pictures
Cast
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Eduardo Noriega
Carlos -
Najwa Nimri
Nieves -
Eduard Fernández
Fernando -
Pablo Echarri
Ricardo -
Ernesto Alterio
Enrique -
Natalia Verbeke
Montse -
Adriana Ozores
Ana -
Carmelo Gómez
Juio
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All Critics (19) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (6) | DVD (4)
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.
Top CriticThe film loses some of its sting once the race narrows, but its outcome and the politically, emotionally astute fade-out are suitably devastating.
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.
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.
...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.
Too clever by half, the plot contrivances deliver flippant satisfactions, and the agile performances keep the twists compelling, if less than credible.
Based on a stage play by Jordi Galcerán, The Method delivers a darkly comic take on corporate competitiveness.
Undoubtedly some enterprising American film company will either undertake a remake or will pitch it as a new reality show ...
the hollowness of it all becomes deafening
...May not shed any new light on corporate avarice or mendacity, but it gives a stronger. cast the opportunity to play a delicate game of psychological cat-and-mouse with the viewer.
This claustrophobic adventure from Spain unfolds like a fictionalized version of Donald Trump's television show The Apprentice. How do you say, 'You're fired!' in Spanish?
There is a madness to The Method, and it is a fine madness.
Anyone who has ever had to undergo a grueling interview for a job or for college admission will relate to this witty albeit stagey story of seven candidates competing together in one room for one job.
Ostensibly-inspired by The Apprentice, what this reality movie's missing most is a cocky host with a cotton candy-colored comb-over. How do you say, 'You're fired!' in Spanish.
Gripping but insignificant, The Method suggests Glengarry Glenn Ross with its teeth knocked out by Tony Soprano and nursed back to health by Mark Burnett.
The film is delightful, like a quality Gilligan's Island for these nervous globalized times.
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[font=Century Gothic]Meanwhile outside, protestors have gathered to demonstrate against the World Bank.[/font]
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[font=Century Gothic]"The Method" is an incisive allegory about the abuse of power in a capitalist society. And in the case of corporations, there is a sense of entitlement when they have multiple applicants for the same position and can simply pick and choose however they please. The film highlights an extreme but not totally unrealistic tactic, the Gronholm Method, which turns out to be a complex form of sadistic degradation, setting the candidates against each other in order to tear each other down. So, is the carrot at the end of the stick really worth it? And why do we have to play their games, anyway? This is exactly why the protestors are out in the streets battling with the police.[/font]
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Foreign Titles
- La Méthode (FR)
- El método (ES)
