The Room Next Door

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The Room Next Door

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Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

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Anchored by a pair of terrific performances swathed in vivid colors, Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar's English-language feature debut attests to his universal fluency in provocative filmmaking.

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Alissa Wilkinson

New York Times

It takes a second to get used to — movies are full of people saying the opposite of what they mean — but it also feels refreshing, and true to these women in particular.

Dec 20, 2024

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

An affected portrait of euthanasia and friendship that gets lost in translation.

Dec 20, 2024

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Adam Nayman

The New Republic

The insistence on political and ethical declarations not only forecloses the possibility of audience interpretation but defuses Almodóvar’s ribald sense of humor, swapping out playful provocation for hectoring.

Dec 19, 2024

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Stephen A. Russell

ScreenHub

A titanic pairing, Moore and Swinton are quietly commanding in a tender film that brims over with love and forgiveness, spilling out into the deliberately set-like architectural porn to die for Almodóvar has made a career out of deploying.

Dec 24, 2024

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Alejandro Alemán

El Universal

It's a film that teaches us that if we're going to go, nothing stops us from doing it in style. [Full review in Spanish]

Dec 24, 2024

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David Griffiths

Subculture Entertainment

While Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton put in brilliant efforts the film is left lacking due to the stilted dialogue that litters so many scenes.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 23, 2024

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Abigail D

Loved how it portrayed a difficult subject so poetically and beautifully

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/23/24

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PHY

Loved the colors. Set design was delightful! Classic Almodovar study of humans interacting with humans.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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Patti L

Good story and acting

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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My mind keeps coming back to this movie… but because of how bad it was. Usually love Almodovar movies, but this one was boring, predictable, and lacking too much self awareness to be funny. The ham fisted political messaging comparing her end of life journey to climate change, ugh, I hoped was being ironic, but proved totally sincere. Almodovar has gotten too comfortable in his successes and is losing his touch, if this is any indicator.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/23/24

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leonard s

this movie is not for everyone because of the subject matter. it is slow but it need to be slow. very well done and excellent acting by the two leading ladies. a story that need to be told and it was told extremely well. worth seeing unless you object or do not want to see a movie about death.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/20/24

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Marilou V

I cannot recommend The Room Next Door. The dialogues were super random and I think the story line was not intriguing at all.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/19/24

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Synopsis

Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Producer: Agustín Almodóvar
Screenwriter: Pedro Almodóvar
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Washington Square Films, Movistar Plus+, El Deseo
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Content|Strong Language|Some Sexual References)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 20, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1