BootDigest
Such a frustrating disappointment
Doomtomylo
a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
Bumpy Chip
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Fleur
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
sadak7599
The movie started very well, with a beginning announcing a good thriller. But too little context and a nonsensical plot ruins the movie. There are too many holes and inexplicable events in a movie with undeveloped characters, not very good acting and a fast and disappointing end based in a huge deus-ex-machina. Spoilers from here:
To me, the worst part is the police action. Sorry, compañeros, if the police work this way in abduction cases in Argentina: no investigation, nor during kidnapping neither aftermath, a supposed well seasoned policeman completely clueless, no investigation of possible suspects,...no action at all.Kids vanished in a building without evidence that actually abandoned the building, and the police didn't secure the entries, didn't look for the kids or clues in the building and apartments,...nothing. Just doing that, they would found the kids really fast.Holes regarding the accomplices of the wife in the abduction.Holes regarding why the hell the mother wanted to do it. It was clear that money was not motivation. Just for justify to take the kids and flee to Spain without opposition of the father? To destroy the career of the father? Maybe se went to far to do it.Your exwife kidnapp your kids and ruin your job and you just the leave her go?. No context that explain why the mother would wanted to plot that. A revenge for what?Ricardo Darin as usual performed a solid interpretation (that's why I rated 5 out of 10). The others, specially the kids and Belen Rueda, were just ok. Maybe the fact that they all were undeveloped, plain characters without clear explanations harmed their interpretation. Overall is a bad movie with a good beginning.
Marco-60-774744
the film presents psychologically devastating situations and the actors are very good at representing their moods. The ultimate revenge served to his wife is devastating as well as the kid napped organized. All other comments made to this movies are not good and i believe that people has not understood the sense and the deep meaning of some point of the movie. U must watch this film. I have never seen an Argentinian film before and this is the first to e which i see the actors, i have found them very good. The interpretation of the kids should not be taken in consideration since the kids are very young and scenes are very much strong and difficult to sustain, i love this film even if i don't like generally the use or abuse of kids in dangerous and difficult situation represented in the films.
boletines-589-321794
A subject quite intriguing. A father who lost his two children playing a game that her wife had forbidden: who goes down faster from the seventh floor where they lived. Him by the elevator. Them down the stairs. However, when he reach the ground their children are not there. Suddenly commonplaces became unknown, mysterious. The performance of Ricardo Darin, great in films like Nine Queens and The Secret in Their Eyes, this time is not convincing and does not achieve the level of desperation that reaches for example Hugh Jackman, also as a father of a kidnapped girl in Prisoners, which compels him to cross the border of what is political correctness. Nor Belén Rueda reaches the level shown in The Orphanage where she also gives life to a mother whose son disappears in her own home. The end is resolved too quickly and with serious gaps in the plot. Unfortunately, a very forgettable film.
elgabote
To start with, Darín is one of the best Argentinian actors nowadays, and regardless (it is true) most of the times he plays the dodgy Argentinian kind of person, he always delivers an honest and intense performance to get you into the story. I always enjoy him and watch his movies. Santoros part is very good too, makes you think about him, and how's he involved in a very believable way. The story has enough mystery to keep me wondering what was happening to a certain point. Reactions from the characters in general were believable too and the setting was good and natural. But all this until the last third. there's a break point were everything starts to fail, events have no consequences and looses a lot of realism. There's a lot of plot holes and loose ends that are important but left unresolved. I wasn't really convinced by Ruedas performance (maybe her script wasn't good...), neither the kids acting was any good.. To finish with, the resolution was a bit simple and anti-climax. I was expecting something more interesting and in the level of the beginning of the movie, a shame that the ending didn't make justice to the first half. Some good acting, fair story and photography. Writing could be better. Average movie, not the best nor from the best of Argentinian cinema. An almost 6.
