{"id":519798,"date":"2022-12-02T10:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T07:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-amigo-review-held-hostage-at-home-for-the-holidays\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T10:28:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T07:28:26","slug":"watch-amigo-review-held-hostage-at-home-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-amigo-review-held-hostage-at-home-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;Amigo&#8217; Review: Held Hostage at Home for the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d822702ca0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d822702ca0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-amigo-review-held-hostage-at-home-for-the-holidays\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Amigo_Review_Held_Hostage_at_Home_for_the_Holidays%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Amigo&#8217; Review: Held Hostage at Home for the Holidays&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-amigo-review-held-hostage-at-home-for-the-holidays\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Amigo_Review_Held_Hostage_at_Home_for_the_Holidays%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Amigo&#8217; Review: Held Hostage at Home for the Holidays&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Amigo_Review_Held_Hostage_at_Home_for_the_Holidays%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Amigo&#8217; Review: Held Hostage at Home for the Holidays&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Amigo_Review_Held_Hostage_at_Home_for_the_Holidays%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Amigo&#8217; Review: Held Hostage at Home for the Holidays&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    The Unh<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y Holiday Movie has become almost a genre unto itself, this year\u2019s new additions running a now-familiar gamut from the sour seasonal rebound rom-com to wreathed-in-gore Yuletide horrors (including this weekend\u2019s \u201cViolent Night\u201d and \u201cChristmas Bloody Christmas\u201d). No matter how dyspeptic in spirit, all tend to hang onto a certain cuteness, reassuring viewers they don\u2019t <em>really<\/em> mean to rain on anyone\u2019s annual good cheer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Having none of that is \u201cAmigo,\u201d a first directorial feature for \u00d3scar Martin, who co-wrote the screenplay with stars Javier Botet and David Pareja, a pair of frequent comedic collaborators expertly transplanting their chemistry to macabre dramatic terrain here. This wintry Spanish psychological thriller, culminating in a New Year\u2019s Eve likely to be some characters\u2019 last, premiered at Fantastic Fest over three years ago. It\u2019s taken its time getting a North American release, but will prove worth the wait for fans of restrained, small-scale yet harrowing suspense. Dekanalog is releasing to limited U.S. theaters Dec. 2, with home formats to follow early next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Things begin in a mode of muted unpleasantness as David (Pareja) brings Javi (Botel) home to his remote farmhouse, presumably direct from the hospital. Deposited in a bedroom upstairs, Javi can barely speak or move. When David bathes him, we see his rail-thin body is covered with scars. It takes a while longer to absorb that his state is the result of a car accident David was evidently responsible for, and which killed Javi\u2019s wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Meanwhile, David attempts to strike a posture of nursemaid benevolence, overriding Javi\u2019s few available paths of resistance (such as to eating), ignoring the fewer-still words of bitter recrimination he\u2019s able to spit out. Visits by a garrulous physiotherapist (Patricia Estremera) break the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> gloom. But as time passes, snowstorms render surrounding roads impassable, making the duo\u2019s isolation complete. They also cut David off from his supply of a pharmaceutical drug, which is very upsetting to him. Soon it will be upsetting to Javi, too \u2026 because off his meds, David becomes increasingly prone to paranoia, hallucinations and alarming mood swings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    The basic premise of a helpless invalid held captive by crazy caretaker inevitably recalls \u201cMisery\u201d and \u201cWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?\u201d Yet in its exacting audiovisual evocation of deteriorating sanity, \u201cAmigo\u201d more closely recalls films like Polanski\u2019s \u201cRepulsion,\u201d with their eerie quietude, limited dialogue and matter-of-fact blurring between reality and delusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Irrationally certain that Javi is covertly wandering around the house (when he\u2019s barely got the strength to squeeze a rubber ducky in the tub), David installs a camera to spy on his imagined movements. What he thinks he sees in his TV monitor echoes what bed-bound Javi actually watches in his room: a steady diet of vintage Spanish horror <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> and TV shows. (There are also cloying Christmas commercials to underline the perversity of our protagonists\u2019 forced, uncongenial \u201ctogetherness.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    The script is arguably more withholding than necessary, as we never learn the precise circumstances of that fateful car accident. Nor is the central relationship ever fully clarified \u2014 childhood photos glimpsed suggest the two men might be brothers, or at least lifelong friends, but no backstory is forthcoming. Such details might\u2019ve filled out a story that in the end feels just a tad undernourished for feature treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Nonetheless, \u201cAmigo\u201d gets a lot of mileage out of its simple conceit. While a deliberately slow burn, it\u2019s always involving, building tension towards two audaciously sustained shots involving extreme life-or-death straits. Elsewhere, cinematographer Alberto Morago Munoz\u2019s widescreen compositions render the nondescript rural scenery very handsome, also imbuing the interiors with a great deal of atmosphere. There\u2019s a terrifically impressive, expressive original score by Manu Conde.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Botet\u2019s emaciated physicality (he was born with the genetic disorder Marfan syndrome) has gotten him cast in numerous \u201ccreature\u201d roles, including prominent ones in the \u201c[REC],\u201d \u201cInsidious,\u201d \u201cConjuring\u201d and \u201cIt\u201d franchises. Here he puts that to much more relatable use, creating a figure of palpable vulnerability while retaining an uncanny edge. Pareja, his partner in numerous sketch comedy endeavors (notably online videos and short films), is equally fine as a remorseful friend turned victimizer whose mental issues are no less persuasive for being left ambiguously undefined.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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