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  • 2007
  • Palm Pictures
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2007
  • Palm Pictures
  • 1 h 55 m

Summary A 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...

Directed By: Marcelo Piñeyro

Written By: Jordi Galceran, Mateo Gil, Marcelo Piñeyro

  • 2007
  • Palm Pictures
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2007
  • Palm Pictures
  • 1 h 55 m

The Method

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
68
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
6.4
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Summary A 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...

Directed By: Marcelo Piñeyro

Written By: Jordi Galceran, Mateo Gil, Marcelo Piñeyro

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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.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
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.
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Too clever by half, the plot contrivances deliver flippant satisfactions, and the agile performances keep the twists compelling, if less than credible.
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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.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW
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.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Tornasol Films, Arena Films, Cattleya, Alquimia Cinema
Release Date Jul 6, 2007
Duration 1 h 55 m
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Website http://www.marcelopineyro.com.ar/portfolio-items/el-metodo/
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Awards

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Goya Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Spanish Actors Union
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations

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