The Body (2012)

Lack of good storyline.

Don't listen to the negative reviews

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

The good news : there are enough twists and turns in this thriller to give a formula one driver a headache. The bad news : there are enough twists and turns in this thriller to give a formula one driver a headache. And the result, sadly, is too contrived, busy and artificial to be truly suspenseful.At least a number of performances defy logic. If I were a young and callous opportunist who had murdered my spouse, and if I were being interviewed by the police, I'd try to fake at least a semblance of grief : I'd cry into an handkerchief, sob, rant, tell rambling stories about that one time my own sweet darling gave me a cocker spaniel pup for my birthday, and so on. Here we've got a murderer who is waving a giant flag saying "The old witch has croaked and boy, I couldn't care less". It's a novel approach, though perhaps not what one would expect from a man who is supposed to be wily and clever.There are also a number of missed opportunities. A morgue, a disappearing corpse, a morgue guard fleeing in blind terror, the dead changing place or identity, adulterous lovers planning a murder, various objects showing up from nowhere - think of the kind of bloodcurdling thriller and/or chilling horror story a reasonably competent director could make of these elements. But in this movie the various things going bump in the night couldn't scare any well-adapted six-years old.Still, I've got to say that I was glad to watch a Spanish film. It made a nice change to the usual Anglo-Saxon fare and provided some nicely exotic or unusual accents. Besides, the idea of a corpse suddenly disappearing from a well-regulated morgue is quite intriguing.

This is my first Spanish movie and it made me to watch five Spanish movies back to back . Since I am a very big fan of thrillers and mystery movies i landed up watching this movie with Eng subtitles and made me talk and watch similar kinda movies for next few months. Awesome thriller movie with gr8 twisting story and brilliant acting by all the actors. It keeps you engrossed and keeps you guessing the climax of the movie which cant be guessed by a sane person . Don't miss last fifteen minutes as it speaks everything about the movie . A big thumbs up for this one. " The Body" movie will definitely be a part of my top 10 thriller movies.

I wish I could convince more people to watch foreign films. This is such an incredible psychological thriller!Right from the get go the movie grabbed my attention and it was a thrill ride throughout the entire movie. The dark undertones of the morgue leave a chilling feel. The movie kept me guessing on who I should trust who who the real bad guy or good guy might be. Very satisfied with the ending. Great ride start to finish!I'd love to see this re-made in Hollywood and shot scene for scene (although they would still probably mess it up somehow!!)Right up there with the best thrillers Hollywood can put out.

If you like intriguing movies where you try to figure out what happened then El Cuerpo is just the kind of movie you need to watch. I like mystery/thrillers, it's one of my favorite kind of genres, and most of the time you kinda figure out what happened before the end. But with El Cuerpo I didn't see it coming in a million years. And that's what makes this movie stand above the rest. Besides a good story, you of course need also good actors and good filming. Well all those ingredients are present in this movie. From the beginning till the end you are captivated by the story and wonder what really happened, with the end as the absolute climax. I will for sure watch this movie again in the future in the hope that I forgot about the story even though it's gonna be difficult. Highly recommended!