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- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 52 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 52 m
Summary An aspiring writer with no imagination seeks inspiration for his novel by manipulating the lives of his neighbors so that he can write about them.
Directed By: Manuel Martín Cuenca
Written By: Javier Cercas, Alejandro Hernández, Manuel Martín Cuenca
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 52 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 52 m
The Motive
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Summary An aspiring writer with no imagination seeks inspiration for his novel by manipulating the lives of his neighbors so that he can write about them.
Directed By: Manuel Martín Cuenca
Written By: Javier Cercas, Alejandro Hernández, Manuel Martín Cuenca
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Metascore
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Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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50% Mixed
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The Motive is a fun, light film with a sad sack lead we can love and good laughs sprinkled throughout.
With its probing camera and spare piano score, the film effectively creates a clinically sterile environment that’s as spiritually devoid as the soul of its protagonist, and while the inevitable twist ending doesn’t land with the unsettling thud it might have, getting there is quite the page-turner.
A high-risk shot at a screen adaptation of a novel within a novel, The Motive is entertaining and buzzes with fun ideas, but as an involving drama, it never gets past the first chapter.
Whatever attracted Cuenca (“Cannibal”) to this material is seldom evident in his handling of it. Yet the material itself still lends the film its genuine if all-too-modest pleasures.
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Production Company
Icónica Producciones,
Alebrije Cine y Video,
Canal Sur Televisión,
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA),
Junta de Andalucía,
La Loma Blanca Producciones Cinematográficas,
Lazonafilms,
Radio Televisión Española (RTVE)
Release Date Aug 17, 2018
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating TV-MA
Awards
ASECAN
• 7 Wins & 9 Nominations
Goya Awards
• 2 Wins & 9 Nominations
Feroz Awards, ES
• 2 Wins & 8 Nominations
