Tiempo compartido

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.

If you enjoy well made foreign indies, then I recommend this film. The film is beautifully shot and the acting is on point. It is a slow burn somewhat surrealist movie. If that sounds like your kind of film and have Netflix then there is no reason not to check it out. Personally, my main complaint was with the narrative as the film progressed. I felt the film sort of became lost in itself.

If you have ever entertained the temptation to time share at a resort, give Time Share a chance to deter you from a potential disappointment. Writer-director Sebastian Hofmann and writer Julio Chavezmontes have mounted a crafty Costa-Rican satire of corporate tyranny and paternal vulnerability in the tropical time-share industry of Mexico.

Husband Pedro (Luis Gerardo Mendez), wife Eva (Cassandra Ciangherotti), and son spend a considerable amount of time at a fancy new villa recently acquired by an international conglomerate claiming to offer them "paradise" for their pesos. No vacationer who has been approached by a sales mongrel from a resort can neglect the suspicion that they are being "taken."

They are forced to share with another family because of an overbooking, for which there is no comp or remorse from a corporation that claims overbooking "isn't illegal if it's the result of success." Corporate indifference at that basic level and distance from the protections of everyday modern living are like being list in a jungle.

The interesting twist to this cautionary tale is that ambiguity supersedes any concrete proof that this has been a scam. Just as prominent concern is the slam on the father, who bears the ignominy and who, like dad at an avalanche in Force Majeure, faces humiliation for a perceived cowardice, a blow to masculinity difficult to ignore.

Along with the indignities suffered by workers in the hospitality force, the men especially are victims of a culture that, despite the claims of females, still holds males hostages to paternalistic notions of responsibility.

Even laundry worker Andres Andres (Miguel Rodarte) has his challenges with the corporate funny business, for like Pedro, he is responsible although possibly abuse by a corporation that uses him and his wife as profit-making traumatic donors.

Time Share won the Special Jury Prize for Screenwriting at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Given the ambiguities of nasty vacation mishaps, its screenplay accurately portrays the vulnerabilities of once happy-go-lucky vacationers who entertain corporate vultures.

I think that this movie had some really funny parts...I just feel like I thought that this movie was on a different path than it ended up to be...and I also don't think that I understand what was so horrific or scary about it at all...I'd say since it's on Netflix why not give it a twirl...you'll get some laughs...but mediocre at best...

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.