The Spanish Prisoner

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Kyle J Keeps you twisting and turning to the very end. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/29/24 Full Review Shioka O I want to like this thriller, but I couldn't get into it maybe because the characters are being bland and speak emotionless. Given that smart and theatrical dialogs, I would like to have more intensity. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/10/22 Full Review chuck r This one remains an all time favorite of mine. One of the best that David Mamet ever put forth with a great performance by Campbell Scott and a memorable dramatic turn for Steve Martin. Check this out! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Why does no one is this film have any emotions? Why is it that David Mamet told everyone to be as stoic as humanly possible? I just watched this movie for the second time not realizing I had seen it 20 years ago. Films usually aren't forgettable but I remember feeling this way the first time. It's uneventful and we have no reason to care for the main characters survival. I can see how this movie could be on stage, maybe it would have been better suited there. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/22/21 Full Review Audience Member What I remember most about The Spanish Prisoner is the music. The score is marked by strange and beautiful melodies whose notes are hard to anticipate; downbeats are occasionally accented with the ringing of a bell. The movie goes along like this too. The main character is unwittingly wrangled into a sinister and inscrutable plot. His most precious possession, an extremely lucrative innovation referred to as "the Process," has been compromised. He strains to piece together what's happening to him and who's behind it all. From time to time, he realizes some small truth -- a bell is rung -- but then the melody moves on and he's too late. It's already "in the movie," as the Merry Pranksters might say. What I don't remember about the movie is the emotion. There's a man who by the end of the film appears to have been fooled by everyone. He's even been framed for murder. He's lost the thing that is most important to him. And yet we never see him overly emotive, let alone hysterical. We don't see any other characters like that either. This isn't a bad thing. There's a logic to the movie, even if we don't understand it, and for those wheels to turn smoothly they can't be gummed up by any sort of "why me?" kind of sentiment. It's also helps to let the aesthetic in. It's a cold one but that's what makes it unique. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member I loved this film. It is clever and knows it, but it still is fun to watch! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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