- 2007
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 55 m
SummaryA mysterious corporation has a vacancy and seven eager businessmen and women are called upon at the same time to be interviewed for the position. They are shown into a room by the firm’s offbeat secretary where they are informed that they shall all partake in a bizarre test known as the Grönholm Method. They are also told that one of the seven ap...
Directed By:Marcelo Piñeyro
Written By:Jordi Galceran, Mateo Gil, Marcelo Piñeyro
The Method
Metascore
Generally Favorable
68
User score
Generally Favorable
7.8
My Score
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
68
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75
The devil is in the degrees. Pineyro and Ferrer have a fine old time teasing the viewer with the ongoing search for the corporate mole.
70
The sum total of this gamesmanship is a suspenseful, funny film that touches on a corporation’s responsibility to society, the price of ambition, the persistence of workplace sexism, the destructive competition between women, and why it’s a good idea to take an extra shirt to your next interview.
By Matt Zoller Seitz
FULL REVIEW 70
Too clever by half, the plot contrivances deliver flippant satisfactions, and the agile performances keep the twists compelling, if less than credible.
By Nathan Lee
FULL REVIEW 70
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.
63
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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Feb 24, 2011
8
"QuiÃn es el topo?" 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 â
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Production Company:
- Tornasol Films
- Arena Films
- Cattleya
- Alquimia Cinema
Release Date:Jul 6, 2007
Duration:1 h 55 m
Awards
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Goya Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Spanish Actors Union
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
