ma-cortes A top-notch cast under superb direction by Marcelo Piñeyro makes this movie above average in every aspect . During IMF & World Bank Summit and demonstrations which upset Madrid, like other big cities , seven candidates report for a job interview . Protesters rise up in public protest in the street over the IMF-World Bank Summit attempting globalization of workers unions . As the group interview begins high above in a corporate meeting room where are the applicants for the difficult competition . Major corporation Dekia holds interviews a lot of applicants , these are the followings : Eduardo Noriega as Carlos , Najwa Nimri as Nieves , Eduard Fernández as Fernando , Pablo Echarri as Ricardo , Ernesto Alterio as Enrique , Carmelo Gómez as Julio and Adriana Ozores as Ana . Their doubts begin when they must sign a clause accepting the Grönholm method, which nobody ever heard . Attended by a secretary well played by the beautiful Natalia Verbeke , they become involved into twisted problems , complicated tests , verbal attacks and contra-attacks and many other things . There are some computers which show different messages to each of the roles , and when they are eliminated from the test , the computer gives out a "no signal" . It soon becomes clear the questions are dirty mind games, but never what is true and what the trick . They also have to guess who among them is the enterprise mole and must decide who the traitor is . When HR goes too far the events go awry . This is a brooding film in which there is a psychologically intense studio to recruit a top executive from seven applicants . There are battles of wits among varied group of applicants as their priorities, ethics and loyalty are put trough stressing tests . It is a deep as well as engaging exam about the job application process . Though the whole movie is set in an office room it never lacks for taut , suspense , intrigue and inspired direction . The struggle behind closed doors , as they repeatedly eliminate one of their number from the procedure ; it results to be tense , charged and riveting . The picture has the best elements of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross , Neil LaBute's In the company of men and Sidney Lumet's 12 angry Men and ¨El Metodo¨ by Marcelo Piñeyro. Jordi Galceran's brilliant play was left virtually intact in its move to feature film . This famous play was splendidly directed by Marcelo Piñeyro with an extraordinary plethora of actors who give awesome performances . Because the painstaking rehearsals for the film lasted some exhausting weeks , filming had to be completed in an unprecedented time and shot in a few separate takes . The acting level of the cast during some of the intense discussions and debates almost bursts in the screen . The movie can be used in business schools and workshops to illustrate team dynamics and conflict resolution techniques . Very good acting by a Spanish all-star cast such as Eduard Fernández , Pablo Echarri , Ernesto Alterio , Carmelo Gómez , Adriana Ozores and Natalia Verbeke ; especial mention to Eduardo Noriega and Najwa Nimri .Thought-provoking as well as interesting screenplay by Mateo Gil . Mateo is a notorious screenwriter , he wrote various films for Amenabar as ¨Agora¨ , ¨Mar Adentro¨ , ¨Abre Los Ojos¨ and ¨Tesis¨ . He has only directed ¨Nobody knows anybody¨ or ¨Nadie Conoce Nadie¨ and recently a Western titled ¨Blackthorn¨ . The motion picture was compellingly directed by Marcelo Piñeyro . He was born in 1953 in Buenos Aires, Argentina . Marcelo usually works with his fetish actor , Leonardo Sbaraglia . Piñeyro is a director and writer, especially known for Plata Quemada (2000) and Kamchatka (2002) and , of course , El Método or the Method (2005) . Marcelo has directed the following films -being most of them dramas and thrillers- : 2009 La Viudas de Jueves , 2003 Kamchatka , 2000 Plata Quemada or Burst money , 1997 Cenizas del Paraíso , 1995 Caballos Salvajes and 1993 Tango Feroz .

sergepesic The world we live in, and the lives wasted. The insulated business high rise surrounded by anti-MMF protesters. Seven candidates and only one executive position. " The Method" is a brilliant satire on the crumbling, but blissfully unaware of it , world of big corporation mafia. Greed, naked ambition and an incredible lack of self-respect, and the belief that everything is for sale, just name the price. Seven smart, educated, successful professionals and who wins? First two eliminated are the two of the most stature and quality. But today world has no time for people like that. Principals might just get in a way of profit and the future of the company. Sickening and sad beyond words. Life, this short, fragile special gift wasted for little more than self-delusion and a bit of money. Oh, I forget, they call that progress.

thesar-2 I'm a sucker for originality plus one-room movies involving "12-Angry-Men" and a set-up that's obviously translated from a play. The Method, which involves a group of "relative" strangers who are all vying for the same position at some strange company, screams the theatre, and that's not a complaint.Despite the actually good – at times – dialogue and the wildly original idea and presentation, what I would like to complain about is how incredibly dull this movie really is. And it had so much potential.I mean, this movie is about a group of men/women who want desperately to be hired, but they MUST pass some psychological tests to gain employment. They raise the "tension" and "suspense" in who gets eliminated from the running for one open position, but they're always acting like someone will die or lose a million dollars such as the similar Survivor reality show. It's really not that big of a deal, but I suppose we're supposed to care, nonetheless.Also, this movie's been compared to 12 Angry Men or In the Company of Men. Phooey! Both are superior movies and while 12 Angry Men involve a much deeper outcome, In the Company of Men had wit, charm and actual tension that The Method couldn't match.So, here's the synopsis: we have candidates with various backgrounds who have filled out several of the "same" applications and they're all segregated into a room hosted by a beautiful secretary, Montse (Verbeke) and they must pass "tests" and "vote off" their peers so only one is left standing. All the while, there's a huge and seemingly irrelevant World Bank protest taking place many stories below where they're "held." Far be it from me, hee-hee, to criticize a movie for "not catching the meaning" of the protests – and they show its aftermath in the closing, but I just didn't get it. At any rate, I guess it was to foretell the economy's not good and these individuals really do need to gain employment here.During this interviewing process, we'll learn more about people, either by their body language, speeches or, ah-hem, bathroom breaks that involve sex and masturbation from both sexes. Also, most of them will work at deceiving the others to get hired, much like those fake-reality shows.I will say this: the acting's good, the dialogue's fine – if you don't mind fast-reading subtitles and though it was not a greatly paced movie, at least they continuously attempted to step the game up to move the elimination process along. And the finale with the final two "contestants" was actually well written and full of suspense, even when you know who the final two will be from, about, minute one. I would recommend with strong reservations. It's not an exciting movie, but at least it's watchable.

Claudio Carvalho On a troubled day in Madrid, with strike and protest against the World Bank and the IMF on the streets, seven candidates are put together in a meeting room in front of notebooks by a secretary as part of a selection process for one important position in a Spanish corporation. They fulfill another application form informing that they would be submitted to the Grönholm Test. While speculating about the possible existence of hidden cameras and microphones, the test begins and they read a message on the screen telling that one of them is not a candidate but an employee from the HR analyzing their attitudes. Along the day, the group is submitted to tests that eliminate each candidate until the final dispute between the two last ones."El Método" is a very well acted movie shot basically in one set like in "Twelve Angry Men" with a brief view of the contemporary wild capitalism through the dispute of qualified applicants to a direction position in a corporation. My only remark against the screenplay is relative to the unnecessary and quite stupid sex scene in the restroom. The author could have built the tension between the characters without the need of exposing them to a ridiculous situation that gives no credibility to the plot. The open end with an ambiguous conclusion is a plus in the story. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "O Que Você Faria?" ("What Would You Do?")