Tiempo compartido

Either I was tired or this was a concept that did not get off the ground. Time Share challenges the viewer to look into the concept of family, while involving some sort of brainwashing pyramid scheme. Honestly, it leaves the viewer unsure of what the plot or main focus should be. I did not find anything to be funny in this film.

The beginning was promising, but the ending was confusing and weak and pretty much left me indifferent other than I got to see Luis Mendes who I first saw in the 2 Crows series about the soccer team which was great. They guy is a great actor. Also, R J Mitte was surprisingly good. I guess he never got a chance in Breaking Bad because he was just a peripheral character.

I catched this mini masterpiece at Sundance and I am grateful to be the first user review. This film is much more than meets the eye. It begins as a light family comedy of errors and it ends as a horror film where the only monsters are the feelings of paranoia and neurosis in the father figure characters. It is a smart critique on globalization, savage capitalism, the re colonization of Mexico *Even the hotel is an Aztec pyramid. A scary POV of a based patriarchal society. I recommend to watch this bizarre fable, a strange marriage between Buñuel and Lynch. RJ Mitte from Breaking Bad gives a mature portray or an American manager. Glad to see him grow up into a solid actor.

This films is certainly not fast paced but it builds the characters well. The two males growing sense of alienation is palpable and the film builds a good levels of tension as to what might happen when one of them snaps. Sadly the ending when it comes is very anticlimactic and feels rather muddled and rushed.

Nice to see the child from Breaking Bad as the Time Share messiah figure to those that have drunk the Kool-aid.

Tiempo Compartido (or Time Share for the English title) is a Mexican drama/mystery from Sebastián Hofmann. I thought the cinematography was pretty good, with a well chosen soundtrack that helped the story to remain suspenseful. I can't deny the story was intriguing and that made it worth watching but the ending was a bit disappointing which ultimately will bring the ratings down. The acting wasn't bad, no Oscar winning performances though. In short, I watched way worse movies in this genre than this one, but would I watch it again in the future? The answer to that is simple and is no, but it's worth a watch.