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Fermat's Room

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Fermat's Room (2008)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:17

Rotten:8

Average Rating:6.1/10

Consensus: This stylish yet disappointingly predictable Spanish thriller is never as exciting or ingenious as it hopes to be.

Rated: 12A

Theatrical Release:29-05-2009

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Fermat's Room appears to be about maths, but it's more of a whodunnit, and a surprisingly watchable one at that.

Full Review Source: Filmstar Magazine | comment Comment
08/17/09
Anne Wollenberg
Anne Wollenberg
Filmstar Magazine

This is an ingenious, relentlessly exciting film, a moral fable at once visceral and cerebral.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
06/02/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

An ingenious Spanish thriller about maths, sex, ambition and dog poo.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
06/02/09
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Charlotte O'Sullivan
This is London

The diabolical m.o. in these things is never really satisfactory, and even the fun of the conceit is somewhat muffled by the film’s lurid colour design and headachey close-ups.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
05/29/09
Tim Robey
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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Tense and brainy. And thoroughly entertaining.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
05/29/09
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Maths boffins + twist of mystery - patchy ending = uneven thriller.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
05/29/09
Ian Nathan
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine
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The maths element of the film, which on the surface is its USP, feels like dressing on a taut but tawdry genre thriller.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
05/29/09
David Jenkins
David Jenkins
Time Out
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God knows I’m no maths genius but even I can spot that if all four hydraulic presses are pushing the walls inwards at once they would simply jam.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
05/29/09
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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The high tension that should come with a race-against-time scenario is never realised, and the film’s solution to the enigma of who-what-and-why this all happened is disappointing.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
05/29/09
Cosmo Landesman
Cosmo Landesman
Sunday Times (UK)

It's all done with style, with very little of the strain you might expect from filming in such a restricted environment.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
05/29/09
Andrew Pulver
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]
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A confidently shot, fast-paced first feature.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
05/29/09
Jessica Holland
Jessica Holland
Little White Lies

The possibility of being squished to a pulp always focuses the mind, although, as this by-the-numbers Spanish thriller proves, it doesn't necessarily make arithmetic any more interesting.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
05/29/09
Chris Prince
Chris Prince
Sky Movies

This feature debut for co-directors Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopeña is never quite as clever as it thinks it is, and there are some sizeable holes in the plot. Still, with its teasing sense of play, you won’t be crawling the walls.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
05/29/09
Philip Kemp
Philip Kemp
Total Film

The film is sufficiently tense, economical and fast-moving to warrant a Hollywood remake, but lacks the lethal menace or twisted ingenuity of the original Saw.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
05/29/09
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

An ingenious Spanish thriller.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
05/29/09
Karl French
Karl French
Financial Times

There's something dreadfully pedantic about this locked-room mystery.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
05/29/09
Anthony Kaufman
Anthony Kaufman
Independent

An ingenious and thoroughly entertaining Spanish thriller.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment Comment
05/29/09
Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter
Daily Express

It's not as exciting or as clever as it thinks it is and is essentially sub-par Agatha Christie mixed with Cube.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
05/28/09
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

As elegant and addling as the enigma(s) at its core, this claustrophobic thriller will keep viewers conjecturing right up to its humanist solution.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/21/09
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film
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The filmmakers have us hooked with a terrific mystery and the challenge of a good puzzle.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
11/11/09
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com
 
 
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