The Suffering (2017) User Reviews

Bad dialogues, slow and boring plot.

[pau_d-803-827828 · 4/10 · 13 May 2017]

The film tries to be what most of this genre offers, nevertheless, despite having a plot that could have been better achieved, stays on the road; With extremely poor dialogues. At the same time, the characters are not credible, making the story unfold slowly and boringly. The only thing that stands out is the Angela Torres performance, who leaves behind the performances of the main characters interpreted by Benjamín Vicuña and Eugenia Suárez.

Not a single redeemable quality

[marcosgdmo · 2/10 · 30 April 2017]

The script for this movie is a perfect example of what not to do when writing a script. Every single line of dialogue is unrealistic. Characters talk like they are reading a book out loud. This is a complain many people have about the book this film is based off. Characters are bland and boring, none of them gives something to the plot. Only small moments from Pablo Rago's character feel fresh or interesting, probably because he is the only person who speaks normally in the film. Direction and Cinematography are disposable, nothing remarkable. Excluding some small details, like Rouviot cleaning his glasses or Paula's lawyer watching 2 dogs having sex, there's no dept or development. The film is just poorly made, the passing is horribly, the main character is bland and passive. Bad, really bad

Really bad

[sqpudm · 1/10 · 8 July 2018]

The story is not credible. The dialogues are unrealistic. And you could tell the book was written by a psychology (Rolon) who feels the need to defend his profession the whole time. I think he feels guilty about something. The actors are really bad. Vicuña does a really bad job trying to hide his Chilean accent. He could just play it as Chilean character. But sometimes he sounds Chilean and sometimes not. Suarez is just a pretty face but do not ask her any range or depth. The rest of the cast overact the whole time.

Stunning bad acting, poor dialogue, as warm as plastic

[casch0101 · 3/10 · 11 June 2021]

The script is a cold clone of one too many other similar movies. You can check out the series "Who killed Sara?". However, here actors look like life-less mannequins. All voices sound like whispers, whichever the scene is. The dialogue is too bland. Technical mental illness talks between psychiatrist and psicoanalyst are forced and rather imposed to sustain the very simple thriller plot. Direction is mediocre, was well as scenarios. Awful film.