Product Details

• Actors: Ana Torrent
• Directors: Alejandro Amenábar
• Format: NTSC, Import
• Language: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0013D36G8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,545 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An impressive and scary debut film., September 24, 2010

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K. Gordon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tesis (Thesis) [Import NTSC Region 1 and 4] Ana Torrent - No English options (DVD)

An entertaining, thought provoking and at times truly scary first film. It reminds me of early DePalma, both in it's strengths and weaknesses.

Amenabar uses violence and fear as means to explore deeper themes and psychology - in this case the way we're all drawn to violent images, even if we claim not to be. But these ideas stay pretty heady, and at times teeter on preachy or obvious. The film is full of wonderfully clever visual and sound techniques, but occasionally you become so aware of the flash and `hey, what a cool way to film a scene' that it takes you out of the movie. Also for me, the score is a little too obvious a Bernard Herrman homage.

It also goes on a little long. The first 75 minutes or so seemed downright brilliant, but when you drag a thriller out, often the creakiness of the plot shows through. In the end there are a few twists too many for credibility, and it crosses into, `c'mon, she would have gone to the cops by now' territory for the last half hour.

Yet, even once it starts to feel a bit silly, it's never dull, and the tension stays high. For all its flaws, it scared me and it got me to think, and that's always worth applauding.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Spaniard thriller movie ever, May 9, 2009

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Alix Torres (Hoboken, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tesis (Thesis) [Import NTSC Region 1 and 4] Ana Torrent - No English options (DVD)

The story shown in this movie is unbelievable and the suspense is extremely managed well You will never found out who the bad guy is at the end!!!!!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW FLUENT SPANISH, October 22, 2010

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T. Lee (OC, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tesis (Thesis) [Import NTSC Region 1 and 4] Ana Torrent - No English options (DVD)

So I've seen Tesis before and I loved it so I thought I'd buy the movie. So I bought this because this is the only dvd version that plays on region 1 dvd player. But guess what the surprise was? THERE IS NO SUBTITLES!!! Do not buy this version unless you actually know Spanish. This movie is great, and actually I give this movie a 5/5 but this is only for this dvd. Again, there is no subtitles for this version.