Four separate mathematicians who do not know each other are invited by a mysterious host to solve what they think is a great mathematical puzzle. However the room in which they find themselves slowly contracts and will crush them if they do not find out in time why this is happening and who wants to kill them.
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The Observer
Philip French
"This is an ingenious, relentlessly exciting film, a moral fable at once visceral and cerebral. Wild it may sound, but it makes convincing sense through the bracing logic that informs the narrative. I hope I've said no more than is necessary to arouse your interest and encourage you to see it in the right spirit."
31/05/2009
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Empire Magazine
Ian Nathan
"During the early moves, tensions run high, but the limp outcome deflates the early promise."
01/06/2009
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The Financial Times
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"This is good, smart, taut fun and the odd flaw in the narrative will be ironed out by the time of the film’s inevitable Hollywood remake."
27/05/2009
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The Guardian
Andrew Pulver
"It's all done with style, with very little of the strain you might expect from filming in such a restricted environment."
29/05/2009
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Total Film
Philip Kemp
"This feature debut for co-directors Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopeña is never quite as clever as it thinks it is, and there are some sizeable holes in the plot."
20/02/2009
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Variety
Jonathan Holland
"Math and mystery add up to an unlikely but engrossing solution in "Fermat's Room," a locked-room teaser that handles its limited dramatic permutations with flair, skill and a nicely contempo air."
29/11/2007
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The Independent
Anthony Quinn
"The tension drains away quicker than you can say "Pythagoras"."
29/05/2009
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The Daily Mail
Chris Tookey
"The film is sufficiently tense, economical and fast-moving to warrant a Hollywood remake, but lacks the lethal menace or twisted ingenuity of the original Saw."
28/05/2009
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The Daily Telegraph
Tim Robey
"Gimmicky but gripping, at least in its first half, this Spanish effort is a deathtrap thriller with maths puzzles, strongly reminiscent of Vincenzo Natali’s way-superior Cube or a special edition of The Crystal Maze."
29/05/2009
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The Times
Wendy Ide
"Now, God knows I’m no maths genius but even I can spot that if all four hydraulic presses are pushing the walls inwards at once they would simply jam."
28/05/2009
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The Sunday Times
Cosmo Landesman
"Fermat’s room has an intriguing setup; an Agatha Christie scenario for smarty-pants. But the film — despite its use of ever-increasingly complex puzzles, its references to the great mathematicians of the past — is never as clever as it should be."
31/05/2009
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Time Out
David Jenkins
"It’s more than competently directed and performed, but you’ll be pulling your hair out as time ticks down, deadlines are passed, walls slowly cave in and you’re still being force-fed huge blocks of flabby, overly intricate backstory. The maths element of the film, which on the surface is its USP, feels like dressing on a taut but tawdry genre thriller."
28/05/2009
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