The Hidden Face

So this is really great. Although the movie at first appears to be something that won't interest you too much with its romance, which works but isn't exceptional, suddenly there is a turning point that you simply didn't expect. Very well written screenplay, but also well-directed. The camera work is very well done and enhances the overall experience. (26/08/2015)

A Spanish low-budget flick that superbly combines horror atmosphere, survival, love story and relationship drama. It mixes everything just right, with a great twist in the middle, solid direction, and excellent performances from what are actually completely unknown but well-cast actors. One of those films made on a shoestring that has an idea, tension and delivers more entertainment than many a blockbuster with automatic high expectations. (09/06/2023)

As is often the case with me, I didn't know what I was getting into, so I'm glad I wasn’t disappointed. In fact, I was downright pleased. Sure, the creators probably wouldn’t get an award for scheming because I realized what their plan was sooner than they might have liked, but it didn't spoil my mood in any way. I enjoyed it throughout, and I didn’t get bored for a second. 5*- (10/04/2021)

The Hidden Face has only one flaw, the trailer. I envy those who managed to see it without being attracted by the trailer. It spoils everything. Imagine that the trailer of The Sixth Sense revealed that the character of Bruce Willis... You know what... It would still be a great film, but it would spoil the surprise and some of the tension. Nevertheless, the premise of the film is original and novel. At times I found the behaviour of the main female characters a bit illogical and unlikely, but it doesn't change the rating. Anyway, the main character deserves a good slap for her actions. I would sum it up with the saying: he who digs another man's hole... (28/07/2016)

An adaptation of no fewer than three proverbs at once: there is a price for stupidity, opportunity makes the thief and to say the third would be too big a spoiler. Excellent work with the soundtrack and a playful approach to genre clichés which loses a bit of its impressiveness by the fact that the authors show their cards a little too early. The consequence of which is that the twists in the final third of the movie are readable long before they come. On the other hand they also represent the only logical result of the way the excellently illustrated (and extremely repulsive) characters behave all the time, so it isn’t a big problem, just that it unnecessarily loses its sting. (02/06/2012)