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Penumbra

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Penumbra

Released Apr 20, 2012

1h 25m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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5 Reviews

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500+ Ratings

A greedy, arrogant woman thinks she's hit the jackpot when she agrees to rent an apartment to a sinister client for several times what the property is worth.

Jay Weissberg

Variety

There's talent here, but Villanueva, like a young artist still influenced by his elders, needs to find his own style or he'll become a skilled yet unexciting copyist.

Feb 5, 2013

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Alison Willmore

AV Club

Since the movie is one long build-up to a reveal, it offers a lot of time to learn to hate Brondo and everything she represents.

Rated: C+

Apr 19, 2012

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Christian Toto

Big Hollywood

The film's ending is a letdown, but it's a blast to root for such a brassy, rhymes with "itch" heroine.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 1, 2012

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Paul Chambers

Movie Chambers

There are several reasons to stay with "Penumbra" until the bloody end. Cristina Brondo makes this bitch-on-wheels likeable. She is a remarkable actress. And, the directors (Garcia Bogliano brothers) know how to build suspense. C'est bizarre!

Rated: B

Aug 29, 2012

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Brent Simon

Shockya.com

Argentinean import Penumbra is a slick, teasing, well constructed genre offering that rather skillfully exploits audience antipathy toward its bitch-on-wheels protagonist.

Rated: B

Apr 25, 2012

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Jerod S

The Penumbra story was horrible but not much of a horror. Young lady trying to rent out her apartment gets sucked into a deadly ritual that comes with the solar eclipse. Cue beheading and suicide and then 3 minutes of her running away.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/01/23

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Audience Member

Le build-up mystérieux ne mène à rien de bien intéressant

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Despite a very well directed, acted (the lead actress carries rather long and exhausting conversations as if nothing) film, there's a missing storyline that fully explains all of the walking around, abstract talking and dialogue, and so since you already get very fast paced verbal action (Some of which I couldn't comprehend at times), you are left over saturated when it comes to the rather anti climactic climax, and are left with a resolution that in spite of the "unlikeable" character, is rather convenient to have. I don't think there was much in for the scares except for the unexpected event during the climax, so the movie also comes off as a flat wannabe thriller that leaves one wanting more.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

She's Not as Crazy as They Say She Is--A very suspenseful little movie, that might not go exactly the way you expect it to go!!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Workable situational horror with what turns out to be a macabre premise.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

And my foreign movie festival ends on a low note.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Synopsis

A greedy, arrogant woman thinks she's hit the jackpot when she agrees to rent an apartment to a sinister client for several times what the property is worth.

Director: Adrián García Bogliano, Ramiro García Bogliano
Producer: Horacio Mentasti, Esteban Mentasti, Alberto Trigo
Screenwriter: Adrián García Bogliano, Ramiro García Bogliano
Distributor: IFC Films
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 20, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2015
Runtime: 1h 25m

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