BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

ma-cortes Outrageous movie with odd characters , surreal imagery and twisted plot . Rafael is the best salesman in the biggest mall of Madrid called Yeyo's , a Corte Ingles-alike . He is an attractive man; all his colleagues fell in love for him . He attempts to live high-standard existence . He is definitively mean and aspires to be the new head of sales at his department store . As the ambitious playboy named Rafael ( Guillermo Toledo) and his contender (Luis Varela) are two salesmen who reach the heights of success with their jobs , but a chief-vacancy turning them into deadly enemies . However , the hate between them grows as fast, and as much, as their strong facing off and there takes place a murder . Lourdes (Monica Cordero) , the ugliest woman in the floor , unexpectedly helps Rafael to hide the corpse , but her help isn't for free . It all ends with a breathtaking and operatic duel in a downward spiral of madness . Alex De la Iglesia is an excellent Spanish director . He had much success as "Accion Mutante" , " El Dia De la Bestia" , "Perlita Durango" and ¨La Comunidad¨ , among others . De la Iglesia is back with a tragical comedy about an ambitious man pursued and blackmailed by a bad woman . Here deals with a homage to dark humor and a typical Spanish story in which there are comedy, tongue-in-cheek , humor, killings, action, drama and is pretty entertaining . It's an exaggerated drama/comedy giving the perfect tone through the entire film , you can either follow it or just wander about the ridiculousness of every single minute . Some may regard this kind of dramatic comedy dull or dumb , but the truth is its the most simple , minimalistic, rawest, and pretentious comedy you will ever watch .This is a full-on surreal psychotronic black-comedy that blends thrills , suspense , tension as well as an intriguing script full of dark humor , drama and exciting situations . Packed with scenes of absurd nature, this story is a fantastic farce, as we follow the ridiculous careers of a pair of salesmen whose destination is dictated by a superior promotion, rather than by their own decisions , it is inter-weaved by the appearance a third character , a rogue and selfish girl . The narration is so filled with colorful characters , nutty comedy, crazy violence mixed with comedy or with surreal elements and an underlying sense of tragicomedy, and it is so excessive and plenty of surprises, one can't help but keep watching, much as it is over the top in many an occasion. The film works on various levels and is constantly reconfigured , however contains some embarrassing , contriving moments and also certain excess . Alex De La Iglesia has created a picture here that in all honesty is very difficult to categorise in terms of genre , as there's a little bit of action , quite a lot of comedy, a good deal of suspense and a host of extreme gruesomeness ; but it does not fit into any one genre very well at all, in truth this is one of the things that makes it good . Acting personnel all do excellent work in bizarre roles. But special notice needs to be made for Monica Cordero for also being quite ridiculously role throughout . Strong performance from three protagonists Guillermo Toledo , Monica Cordero and Luis Varela and excellent plethora of secondaries as Fernando Tejero , Javier Gutierrez , Rosario Pardo, Enrique Villen and a gorgeous Kika Miro . Interesting screenplay Alex De La Iglesia and Javier Guerricaechevarria who usually work united . Atmospheric and glimmer cinematography by Jose L Moreno with a good camera work . Suspenseful musical score by Roque Baños , the soundtrack flows great with the film in every way, and creates fantastic atmospheres in every moment. The motion picture is well directed by De La Iglesia . He's a cool director has got much success as ¨Accion Mutante¨ ,¨Dying of laughter¨ or ¨Muertos De Risa¨ , ¨Baby's room¨ , ¨Oxford murders¨ and ¨Balada Triste De Una Trompeta¨ and winner of several Goyas (Spanish Oscars), however his movies have not yet reached box office in USA, but he has strong followers . Nonsense, ridicule , laughters , absurdity , disturbing scenes .. and many other issues ; you can find everything in this flick . The movie is a lot of fun, especially for those who enjoy surrealist humor . This is without a doubt a thrilling and enjoyable movie to be enjoyed for dark humor buffs and Alex De Iglesia fans.

rg A very funny Spanish film, and I share the opinion of a previous reviewer: why didn't this movie receive more play in the USA? Could it be that some of us are so afflicted with political correctness that we can no longer recognize the richness of more traditional gender-related humor? This film creates hilarity in so many directions that it's hard to categorize it as mere comedy (the director has something to say about the mores of society, too.) Let's hope Hollywood doesn't bowdlerize any remake into something pallid, p.c.-- and forgettable.Fine acting, an entertaining script with cleverly-translated subtitles, consistent laughs, and a satisfying ending make this movie a worthy pick!

daniel Carbajo López Rafael is a very greed man, he has born to sell and he knows he will triumph in live. He is the boss of the women's section in a shops center, but he wants to become the big boss. Whe he losses in the race for it with Don Antonio, he accidentally kills him, so Rafael becomes the director of the shops center. Everything seems to be perfect, but Lourdes, an ugly and obsessive saleswoman has seen it and starts blackmailing Rafael in order to become his wife. Mad and terrified, Rafael decides to do something to make a plan to throw away Lourdes. Everything has to be "ferpect". After doing so good films as "la comunidad" or "el dia de la bestia" I expected something more from Alex de la Iglesia. THe film is not bad, it has a great rhythm and it is not boring, creating a great and acid parody of the typical society where the only goal is to become rich. The result is not as good as expected, the film is not bad, but it could be better, manly because of the stupidness of the characters, it is clear that we are inside one of the De la Iglesia's grotesques universes, but the story is too absurd, and actors are not reliable. Both of them seem too artificial and not natural, which makes the film much worse. It is funny, but this dark comedy is not as good as I think an Alex de la Iglesia's film should be, I expected something better.

nycritic Rafael (Guillermo Toledo) is a Casanova and makes no apologies for it. Having worked in retail for a department store similar to Macy's (YeYo's) he is the Lord of the women's section, a male stud who without being dashing manages to sweep the girls who work there -- and clients -- right off their feet and into sublime desire. We're introduced to him via a staging of a botched sale. Two men enter an all-white stage and playact what would be an angry, difficult client wanting to get something and the salesman who doesn't have the skills to handle him. Then it reverts to the man who is head of an unknown company, and his telling of how no wonder their sales are kaput: they've got a total lack of the ability to convince that the product is worth buying.Enter Rafael. The opening sequence describes all we need to know of who he is. He is a male chauvinist pig who lives in a messy bachelor pad. He struts with the cockiness of a man who owns it all, who's on top of the world. He steals the morning paper from the newsstand and kisses from the passing girl. He aspires to live the high life drenched in luxuries and babes left and right. He works as a salesman at the women's department and has his pick of the lot of the salesgirls, all babes, and the occasional female client whom he seduces into purchasing items from the store. As a matter of fact, to his admission (in a hilarious sex scene) born there: it's his home, who he is.But he has one enemy. One man who can't stand him and marinates in envy at Rafael's apparent success. Don Antonio Fraguas (Luis Varela) is one of those salesmen who have worked all their lives as such and are next in line, via seniority, to achieve the upper realms of management. He's not a nice person by any standards. If there were any other word to describe him, it would be a stuffed old curmudgeon.Both Rafael and Don Antonio, on the death of their supervisor, are competing to be the next floor manager. On the morning where the overall sales of both men will determine who rules the floor, the doors are opened and a flood of people storm the store as if the world were about to go to hell. Rafael seduces a woman -- a difficult buyer -- into getting a lovely mink coat as if he were making love to her. When numbers tally up, Rafael comes up the winner. Or so it seems.A reversal of events take place due to a bad check from Rafael's female client and Don Antonio becomes the floor manager and immediately unleashes his hatred upon Rafael. Things reach a head, Rafael gets fired, they have a fistfight inside one of the fitting rooms... and Don Antonio winds up very dead. And then disappears. And someone knows. And it's the last person anyone would have suspected: the ugly girl whom Rafael has ignored. Lourdes (Monica Cervera). And to top it off... she has an agenda of her own.EL CRIMEN FERPECTO is a clever comedy in the style of early Almodovar, without the sexual reversals. Where Rafael drives the first half of the story, it's Lourdes who makes a powerful transition from invisible frump to monster who holds the cards that can make or break Rafael. Alex de la Iglesia could have made a much different story in which the meat of the plot would have resolved itself in the course of a couple of nights. However in bringing forth Lourdes as a psycho in her own right -- think Alex Forrest, but likable -- who functions as the one who brings Rafael down to Earth while coming into her own, he turns EL CRIMEN FERPECTO into a tale of crazy feminism that sides with those who are ignored by today's beauty obsessed society. A movie that starts and ends in a virtual bang if it's a little too long here and there, this is a growling battle of the sexes with a delicious turning of tables.