The Sea Inside

" Amenabar is a master at orchestrating mood (...) A tour de force for Bardem (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"The film fails to convey the claustrophobic terror experienced by a man who called his book "Letters From Hell." (...) The Sea Inside" presents a teasing paradox. Unambiguously pro-euthanasia on one hand, it shows how Ramón, bedridden and unable to move, infused many of those around him with a charged sense of life's possibility. (...) Mr. Bardem (...) creates a complicated male character, volatile and witty, with a poet's soul." 

"The Sea Inside" tackles the issue of assisted suicide without being didactic. Instead it's moving, romantic, dreamlike, flawlessly acted" 

"Buoyed by a diamond-plated script, fine production values and a majestic neck-up performance by Javier Bardem, "Sea" is a dramatic triumph." 

"'The Sea Inside' is largely what its title suggests: placid and rather attractive on the surface, with depths you can sense but which are never fully plumbed." 

"Amenabar maintains a low-key approach that preserves the film's emotional integrity while still making a powerful statement."