Exam (2009)

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Absolutely Brilliant!

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The movie had a point but a really wrong one, it's stupid in all levels and by watching it you'd lose brain cells

If you have ever felt stressed about an exam, then you will soon come into play with "Exam" and sense your body shivering from spontaneous anxiety. The whole film resembles a riddle which demands an answer, so the audience could participate in the way of every respectable mystery-film. But here, the newcomer Stuart Hazeldine turns out to create something which will literally put the audience inside a bizarre multicoloured lighted examination room. So, let's pick up the pens and answer the impossible; solve the riddle without breaking the strict rules. The participation in this film is like a video game or a live Skype job interview if you prefer. The creator of this film achieved an utter interaction between the screenplay and the audience which renders this film actually entertaining in a matter of fact. It is a tendency now that every movie shot in one place, especially in a room, become highly appreciated. "Exam" offers a live angst on solving the unsolvable among a bunch of stereotypical characters each one with a role to play and decisions to take. Hazeldine distributes clues throughout the movie and even his excellent close and personal frames betray a diligent job. As for the cast of the unknown actors ordered to capture a team of unique, intelligent and cliched people fighting and showing off for a place next to the God of opportunities, I believe they hit the nail on the head with sincere performances. The agony of the countdown shadows flaws and plotholes and further enriches the suspense of the easily predicted future uncomfortable escalations. Inside a room with specific rules and a motive of surviving of the fittest, people, despite how different their origins or culture or intelligence is, they have no differences; Thus, the way they strive for gaining the power to outweigh the others by automatically activating their inner competitive nature, seems extremely intriguing. Besides the hints about colossal medical enterprises and the bioethical questions deriving from there, "Exam" has another less obvious message about an individual's behaviour under special circumstances opening a philosophical and psychological dialogue at the same time. Overall, the proper mystery atmosphere and a respectful befuddlement plot are enough to like the movie, but the revealing of the multiple hidden implications is enough to praise a fresh artist

When i saw this plot i said ok lets see an average-good movie. From the very beginning, this movie earned my full attention and it held me till it's very end. It is a great mystery and it doesn't reveal the answer until the end. It will make you think, wonder and love it in the end. You can watch it alone or even with friends but you have to pay close attention to every word it says. Then you re gonna love it more!

I never write reviews, but this one is so bad it made me write my first one.It's an "And then there were none" adaptation of sorts. The twists are so predictable, you can almost see them coming right at the start. There is also a huge amount of foreshadowing.There are plot holes the size of a crater. The characters behave like rejects from a bad 12 Angry Men remake. I never seemed to care about the Question or its answer (which has a 60 second flashback seemingly​ showing us how clever the director was with the foreshadowing)Who gave this thing a BAFTA.??