Method, The

aka: El Método
Spain 2005, 115 minutes
Dir. Marcelo Pineyro
In Spanish with English subtitles
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama

Topics: Satire, Business & Economics, Stageplay.

Feat. Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri, Ernesto Alterio, Natalia Verbeke

Aroview: This smart black comedy for the 21st century sees corporate ethics slyly dissected as seven candidates blindly compete for an executive position in a mysterious corporation, against a backdrop of WTO protests.

Bringing sexy, cinematic flair to a fined-honed stageplay in which "the method" of staff recruitment is cribbed from 'reality TV', office dynamics are compulsively manipulated as each successive test brings on an unexpected revelation. Though it sometimes has trouble holding its disarmingly straight face, this is still a must-see for the modern white collar man or woman.

NZ International Film Festival 2006