Product Details

• Actors: Carmen Maura, Terele Pavez, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Sancho Gracia, Maria Asquerino
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Spanish
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lolafilms Home Ent
• DVD Release Date: January 11, 2005
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002JELZO
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #72,460 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

A lucky real estate agent... A decomposed body... A building full of greedy neighbors...300 million hidden in the cellar... Something smells rotten in this house. Julia finds 300 million pesetas hidden in a dead man's house while selling an apartment. She's a 40-ish real estate agent (played by Carmen Maura) now forced to face the wrath of a very peculiar community (of neighbors), headed by an unscrupulous administrator. Black humor gives way to suspense, closely followed by horror that doesn't take long in coming to a head in undisguised pandemonium

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars common wealth, January 19, 2007

By	Alejandro A. Rodriguez - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

carmen maura, without a doubt one of the best actresses of our times gives as amazing performance. this role earned her a goya award in spain(oscar) for best actress. the movie is funny and very almodovaresque with all its colorfull characters. a must see.

9 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Uncommonly bad, January 22, 2005

By	scibbles777 "writer-guy" (CA) - See all my reviews

I expected this to be a deliciously dark and nasty comedy from the director of "Day of the Beast" and "Dance With the Devil." What I got instead was a surprisingly dull and predictable tale of greed and corruption that trudges along at a snail's pace. A big problem here is that there isn't a single character in this piece that is even remotely likable. So once the characters start trying to kill each other, the whole effect is one of: who cares? Alex De La Iglesia does come up with a few of his typically inventive visual flourishes and madcap comedy bits, but the storyline is bogged down in too much dialogue and riddled with plotholes and inconsistencies. The comedy highpoint is a guy dressed up in a Darth Vader costume. Star Wars fans may get a mild kick out of this movie, but others will find it a crushing bore.

The DVD from Lolafilms includes De La Iglesia's early B&W short film (under 10 minutes) "Mirindas Killer" ("Mirindas Asesinas" 1991) which is more entertaining than the main feature.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A rare dud from Alex De La Iglesia, June 19, 2006

By	Foreign Film Expert "RD" (PA) - See all my reviews

This is one of director Alex De La Iglesia's least provocative films. De La Iglesia, who is known for his subversive, wildly imaginative and unconventional movies, is saddled here with a tepid script that takes a familiar premise and adds little that is new or interesting to secnario. The plot basically revolves around a stash of money that a woman finds in an apartment building and how she tries to get that money out of the building while the scheming tenants try to stop her. If you like broad, over-the-top comedy, lots of boring exposition, and a lackluster attempt to tie up loose ends in a perfunctory finale, then this movie might be for you. Others need not apply.