H0us3

The movie is a self funded passion project for the director, and as far as independent movies go, it's one of the good ones. While the narrative can be a bit dragging at times, it improves a lot in the third act. The ending felt a bit flat, and I found myself wishing for just a little more story and suspense. All in all, the fans of the genre will most likely enjoy this one. I did.

I am very pleased with this movie. Not only because of its context of creation: 18 days of shooting, good plot, first, and risky bet for the director... But also because it is a good movie!

Nice actors and a great plot which truly make the film. A group of friends from the IT world gather in a far away house for a weekend what could happen? You will never guess! :)

Don't give credit to some bad reviews in this movie complaining about some "rigour" that doesn't fit in a movie. Technical concepts are very well explained in the movie in plain words, for people not involved in IT world. And I think it is a good idea, since this movie is for all. Everyone can understand and follow concepts like Man In the Middle for instance. The director is an IT specialist by the way.

The third act is great. A shocking ending demanding more. Waiting to watch the next movie of this director.

Good surprise for some journalists at the Cannes Film Market 2019, Hous3 is playing the originality card first and foremost. A reunion weekend of old students friends will be disturbed when one of them confess that he successfuly decrypt a confidential file every hacker of the world try to decrypt.

A house (living room and dining room), 9 actors speaking especially about computer science : onto the paper, Hous3 project is barely exciting, except for computer fans. This is all the more a surprise.

For his first movie, Manolo Mungia offsets his low budget by a lot of ideas, a flawless direction of the cast (each actor plays very well, helped by punchy dialogues) and a rhythm never grow less. Let it be a simple conversation to guess passwords or when the characters type on keyboards to decrypt code, the movie is never boring. The staging permits at each footage to capture the views of its nine characters while maintening the suspense (strenghtened by excellent musical choices).

Like other excellent movies like The Invitation (Karyn Kusama, 2015) or The Circle (Aaron Hann & Mario Miscone, 2015), Hous3 is a closed-room fully mastered (very good spatial management), also into its end fairly surprising (maybe a little too abrut for some people). Hous3 deserves to be discovered urgnetly and Manolo Mungia takes place into the list of horror/fantasy movies directors to pay attention to.

A bit slow until about half thru, then it really picks up! Stick with it if you like the genre(s)!

A bit slow until about half thru, then it really picks up! Stick with it if you like the genre(s)!

It kind of drags a bit ... or is a slow burner if that makes it sound better. It is not an easy watch at first ... but it does get to a point where you finally get invested in the characters. All the small talk up to that point may seem benign, but maybe it helped create the mood? It may work for you or it may not. I know that the twist towards the end might put you as much off as it did ... others here.

This is not an easy watch. Very slow burning with the big question, what is this leading up to. You may have issuees determening that, which I reckon is supposed to be that way. It is just unfortunate that the ending is such a letdown ... or is it? You may see it differently, I reckon the majority will feel cheated (no pun intended)