
Four mathematicians who do not know each other are invited by a mysterious host on the pretext of resolving a great enigma. The room in which they find themselves turns out to be a shrinking room that will crush them if they do not discover in time what connects them all and why someone might wish to murder them.... (Full plot summary below)
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Four mathematicians who do not know each other are invited by a mysterious host on the pretext of resolving a great enigma. The room in which they find themselves turns out to be a shrinking room that will crush them if they do not discover in time what connects them all and why someone might wish to murder them.
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| rec.arts.movies.reviewsMark R. LeeperThe nifty plot and the puzzles that keep coming should be a pleasure for any thinking viewer. |
| DVDTalk.comDavid CorneliusThe filmmakers have us hooked with a terrific mystery and the challenge of a good puzzle. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineTense and brainy. And thoroughly entertaining. |
| Film4Anton BitelAs elegant and addling as the enigma(s) at its core, this claustrophobic thriller will keep viewers conjecturing right up to its humanist solution. |
| CinematicalScott WeinbergAnd while some of the in-movie puzzles are relatively obvious, the flick as a whole proves to be sort of a puzzle in its own right. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe best part is that, for once, it's a film about smart people. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchThis is an ingenious, relentlessly exciting film, a moral fable at once visceral and cerebral. |
| Empire MagazineIan NathanMaths boffins + twist of mystery - patchy ending = uneven thriller. |
| GuardianAndrew PulverIt's all done with style, with very little of the strain you might expect from filming in such a restricted environment. |
| Total FilmPhilip KempThis feature debut for co-directors Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopeña is never quite as clever as it thinks it is, and there are some sizeable holes in the plot. Still, with its teasing sense of play, you won't be crawling the walls. |