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The Bar

Play trailer Poster for The Bar 2017,  1h 40m,  Mystery & Thriller/ Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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100% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 57% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Strangers become trapped together in a bar.

Critics Reviews

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Emma Wolfe SpookyAstronauts Apr 22, 2021
7/10
The blocking this film was fantastic... the power play between the characters is really something to look out for. Go to Full Review
Jorge Loser Espinof Aug 16, 2019
A return to Alex de la Iglesia's style, in which he continues to miss the visual achievements of his first era, but that, with some limitations, takes up the pulse of his good cinema. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Toni Vall Cinemanía (Spain) Mar 12, 2018
3.5/5
Smart and vibrant. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Cristina Aparicio Caimán Cuadernos de Cine Jan 17, 2018
[Director] Álex de la Iglesia finds a way to orchestrate a solid, coherent and controlled outcome, against the 'anything goes' present in some of his previous long films. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Pablo O. Scholz Clarín Nov 20, 2017
Suspicions and doubts go through everyone. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Anton Bitel SciFiNow Aug 28, 2017
In lex de la Iglesia's metropolitan siege flick, humans prove the deadliest virus... The result is an over-the-top, below-the-bottom comic melodrama that in the end puts human behaviour under the microscope. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Jan 8, 2019 Whats a disguisting stupid movie. The worst ive seen in years.
Draco S Dec 3, 2018 Wow. I just can't believe what a low audience score this movie got. I absolutely loved it. Everything about it was over the top, but deliciously so. It was fascinating to get to know each of the unique characters as they revealed themselves, and to watch them interact under the worst of circumstances. The acting was just wonderful - yes over the top, but intentionally so! Not just the acting, but the choice of actors themselves. How they looked, how they spoke, and yes, of course, how they acted their parts. And the cinematography! Those gritty closeups! OMG - those closeups of Terele Pávez as Amarpo! I'm so obsessed with Carmen Machi. OMG so great. Also, such great build up of suspense. Is it possible I enjoyed it more that the average audience viewer because I watched it in Spanish (and with Spanish subtitles)? I just don't get it. The second half of the movie reminded me of the Poseidon Adventure on steroids. This, for me, was an unforgettable movie. See more
Draco W Nov 30, 2018 I appreciated the Jean-Pierre Jeunet feeling I got from some of the camerawork and acting, but overall El Bar tries a lot of things, does an ok job with most of them, but none of them particularly shine. See more
Anakin S Nov 29, 2018 It was a Waste of time
Kylo P Nov 27, 2018 Pues me ha gustado bastante más de lo que esperaba. No sabía de qué iba y me ha sorprendido. Si lo sé la veo antes.
Leia R Jul 21, 2018 A hysterical and irritating movie that cannot even justify its own existence, forcing us to sit through a brainless plot (the explanation for its mystery is pathetic and embarrassingly stupid) and witness a group of characters yelling without end amid some disgusting scatology. See more
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Movie Info

Synopsis Strangers become trapped together in a bar.
Director
Alex de la Iglesia
Screenwriter
Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Alex de la Iglesia
Production Co
Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Institut Valencià de Cinematografia (IVAC), Pokeepsie Films, Programa Ibermedia, Atresmedia, Nadie es Perfecto, Movistar Plus+, Atresmedia Cine, Pampa Films, El Bar Producciones, Crea SGR
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language
European Spanish
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 24, 2017
Runtime
1h 40m
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