7 años

Very smart film with great dialogue and tight directing! You won't believe what can happen in 1 hour 17

7 Años (Spanish Translation: 7 Years) (2018) Director: Roger Gual Watched: 3/24/19 Rating: 4/5

Powwow futile, compelling confronting, mediating, voting one-location chamber piece Negotiation

(Didactic) Cinquain poetry applies the word count scheme 1-2-3-4-1. More specifically, 1 noun in the first line that serves as the title, then 2 adjectives, 3 verbs ending in "-ing", a 4 word phrase (another option is a full sentence with more than 4 words), and, finally, 1 synonym or more specific word for the title. Title Meaning: Four close friends and co-owners of a successful company must face the music with the IRS- by choosing one amongst themselves to be the fall guy (or gal) to serve the mandated 7 year prison sentence. How will they decide and who will it be? #Cinquain #DidacticCinquain #PoemReview #crime #onelocation #Spanish

Bad directing, a TERRIBLE story with expected 'twist plots'. Acting was okay.

This is a take of '12 Angry Men' with one room and character's personalities and hidden secrets come out. I give the director props for maintaining a level of intensity throughout the file. A few other details(like knowing what the company did, or any visual backstory of the characters) lessen the level of empathy I wanted to have for anyone. The ending is what pushed this from being a 6 to a 4, does not satisfy the movie.

Business as usual ... except when you get caught doing something you are not allowed to do. Usually you then have to suffer the consequences. Unless you decide that someone could sacrifice themselves to save others. And that is the overall premise here. Although as you can imagine no one is willing to take the fall like that.

So this drama/thriller is playing out in one location and therefor has to have something more going for it, twists and character traits, people clashing with each other. And overall the tension is kept throughout with moods swinging, opinions changing and views deceived. It works nicely, but it's not the very best out there. Still to be able to watch this so closely to its release in Spain in another country (also on Netflix) is kind of nice