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Being an avid Thriller watcher, I came across this Gem by accident....and what an adventure this movie takes you on. Who Done It, comes to mind and just when you have solved it, it then twists you into another scenario. It is in Spanish and there are Subtitles, but it doesn't take away from this masterpiece. Well done, Oriol Paulo for his direction, and well done on the film editing. I will be watching out for more of Paulo's films. Well and truly worth the watch.

Can't believe this movie doesn't have more reviews here. This being my 6th movie with Mario Casas I've seen these past 2 years I can honestly say anything this man plays in becomes a hit.

What an amazing ride I had with this thriller. Top-notch movie, whenever you think you found out the plot it becomes even more twisted.

This is what thrillers are all about. A must see for the genre lovers.

Wow, just wow. I'm and avid fan of thriller movies, but this one give me goosebumps. Jose Coronado always steal the show since I see him for the first time in another great Spanish thriller, "El Cuerpo". For one moment, you think you have all the pieces of the puzzles but the director of this masterpiece persistently change the answers and the questions. By the way, the director and writer of "Contratiempo" is the same one of "El Cuerpo". That's not a coincidence, Mr. Oriol Paulo can write. If you're a fan of thriller movies and you're having a hard time trying to find a good movie, this is the one. I say it's better that the 85% of the Hollywood thrillers these days. Another Spanish film that beat a lot of Hollywood movies without the promo and a gigantic budget. What a masterpiece!

Excellent movie. Very well written and directed. Some excellent performances. Lots of twists and turns. Keeps you involved the whole way. Totally recommend this film.

Thrillers, as I see them, I not simply another action film. Thrillers thrill! That's it, simple as it may sound. And this titles thrills! From the first minute to the very end of the film we enjoy what we see. The plot is great and what a direction! Great! I highly recommend "Contratiempo".

Saw this recently on a DVD. The movie is an excellent suspense thriller. It was full of twists and surprises. The movie has unexpected turns n hidden clues. It is masterfully directed n exquisitely written by Oriol Paulo. Superbly acted by everyone that appears in it. It also contains beautiful cinematography, great pacing n skilled editing. The plot- a powerful businessman stands accused of murdering his lover. He was found with her dead body in a locked hotel room. The twist ending will leave you with ur hand on ur head. The director's debut film, The Body has been on my radar for a long time. Fans of Jagged edge, Primal fear, Usual suspects will definitely enjoy this.

You know pretty early in this Spanish Agatha Hitchcock there's going to be some curve balls thrown, it leaves the door open for any number of conclusions. My advice, find a dubbed version so the subtitles don't distract as the dialogue is pretty pacy to say the least - and you really need to focus on the action.

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen. The incredible performances of the main actress along with fantastic story line make this movie unforgettable. The end is really amazing, the movie keeps pointing you to wrong directions all the time, until eventually reveals the whole truth.

This movie is simply .. . extraordinary. I am so happy because I have watch this movie. It's an art!

My rating is 9/10 .

I always loved movies which had something surprising and thrilling like seven, zodiac, prisoners, Dial m for murder etc ( the list goes on). and also foreign movies like The body, secret in their eyes, memories of murder...so i decided to give this movie a go, since it had positive reviews all around. Story wise: the movie had a good plot, some good twists along the way, but for me during the halfway stages it became a little bit predictable. ( cant go too much into the story ) At the end i was like "oh okay",its not comparable to the body, Secret in their eyes etc but still a good one. Acting wise : Everyone was good, but loved the acting of the father of the deceased. If u love a good engaging thriller, and there's time to pass i would say give it a go.

It starts as a potentially good thriller, but at some point, it starts dragging with one twist after the other, and the story becomes less enjoyable and much less believable (such as, ordinary folks with super spy capabilities, and supposedly smart people acting dumbly). I can understand why some would be wowed by this sort of twists and turns, but I've seen so many movies of the genre I'm not easily amazed. It's just adding twists for the sake of it, because that's what they do in these movies, in the hope of misleading the viewer (but it's not hard to predict the ending half way through). It's not terrible but I didn't fully enjoy it.

Still speechless, I've come here to write this review. This movie is one of the best movies I've ever seen. PERIOD. I loved it and am sure YOU will too. I caught myself being suspicious of the final outcome but it was nothing near as close as it turned out to be. Watch it. It's thrilling, emotional, suspenseful, mind-blowing, an edge-of-your-seat movie. These Spanish movies really are something. They manage to put you on an emotional roller coaster and show you something you never thought a movie could do. WOW!

I'm widely known for enjoying French cinema, however I believe this is the first Spanish film I have ever seen. I'm glad to confirm that it will not be my last, because this movie was incredible. It was the type of film that I like more than any other type. A mystery thriller that is guaranteed to have a twist. It's also a type of movie that Americans don't do overly well. They always seem to think that a movie needs endless car chases and shoot-outs and that the story should just be there to facilitate those. The Europeans seem to understand that the true brilliance in cinema comes from the writing side of things. The intricate webs they weave never cease to astound me.

It's always a little hard to judge acting in a subtitled film, but I'm pretty confident in saying the acting in this film was superb. The entire cast found a perfect balance of charisma and mysteriousness to surround their character. The story is crafted exquisitely and has a lot of rewatchability factor. In fact it's almost a must to watch it again, knowing what you now know. I love films that do that.

It's very hard to find any negatives with this film. In fact I've just spent 5 minutes trying to come up with some and failed. That should indicate just how good this movie is. I hope films like this never stop being made because they are an absolute delight to watch.

Unexpected ending and I really didn't noticed anything about that ending. It was shocking for me and was the most succesful film that I have watched recently.

Imagine this ... a thriller/ mystery that keeps you at the edge of your seat for almost 2 hours and ... are you ready for it?! ... there are no gunshots, no explosions, no CGI, no superheroes, no D size breasts covered or uncovered.

All you get is great acting, great plot, great story, great mystery, amazingly built characters and real twists.

It should be on the list of 1,000 movies to see before you die.

These European Netflix (and other) productions just keep on getting better and better. Watching stuff like this just makes me excited for the future of cinema, outside Hollywood.

If you haven't watched, just go! This is one you should jump headfirst without knowing anything, and you shouldn't get your hopes up to much, it´s not the greatest of all time

If you have, The only negative part is that I can never watch it again for the first time

I could argue that I spotted some inconsistencies or that I saw it coming but, in fact, I would just be lying to myself to feel smart, I was "no way'ing" until the very end, keeping me on the edge of my sofa.

And it's also in Spanish as a bonus

Brilliant.

I actually enjoyed this, until the very last part. Is it a clever plot with a shocking twist? No.

The final "twist", if you can call it that, was ridiculous because it had been so obvious by that time. I even thought to myself, maybe that wouldn't be the twist because, I mean, hello?! They weren't even trying to hide it properly. It would be absolutely dumb if that were the twist.

Turns out it was.

I had really hoped that wasn't it, that there was more to this because I rather enjoyed the build-up. I was cringing at the grand reveal because it seemed they were expecting me to be so shocked and mind blown about it.

Uh... no sorry.

They could've done this much much better, it's like they were confident people will not notice or figure it out. But then again there are those who they will be able to fool. It's just a shame I wasn't one of them.

I'm not very familiar with all the Spanish actors and actresses but I'm sure the ones in this movie must be the better ones from Spain. Because the acting is really good in Contratiempo or The Invisible Guest. The story is everything you want when you want to watch a mystery crime thriller. It's never boring, with plenty of twists and turns. All you want to do is know how this story will end. It keeps your attention from the first second till the last one. I saw plenty of Spanish movies and some are really good, way above average. This one is definitely one of the good ones. If you look for a good entertaining mystery movie search no further and watch The Invisible Guest. You won't regret it.

There were a lot of places where it was hard to watch as the story dragged on too much

Should you watch it? Yes, but keep in mind in that there are a lot of twists and turns - most of them unnecessary but in the end you will get some closure.

Wow, what a film.

Caught my attention from the get go.

Loved the twist at the end, quite unexpected.

A successful young businessman is accused of murdering his girlfriend. He hires a top-rate lawyer to defend him. She senses that he is not providing the full picture and questions him on the background to the murder, in particular an incident that occurred to the two of them a few months earlier.

Intriguing Spanish drama. Decent, suspenseful plot with a great twist. Quite engaging as we see the full picture emerge.

Not brilliant though. The best thrillers keep the twists to minimum, to lull you into a false sense of security, and then hit you with a massive twist at the end (e.g. The Usual Suspects). The Invisible Guest seems to have a twist every 5 seconds they come so thick and fast. This means that when the ultimate twist comes it's not a shock as you've become accustomed to them.

The rapidly changing narrative also means you're hardly had time to digest the latest version of the chain of events before the next change comes, making it hard to figure out how the new change to the story fits in.

The plot isn't completely watertight either, and sometimes feels contrived, largely as a result of the twists-for-twists-sake narrative.

That said, it's an entertaining, thrilling roller-coaster of a ride.

It started off quite okay. But somewhere in the middle there's and explosion of possible narratives and each tries to trump over the one before. That gets a bit ridiculous, like: "What if x happened?", "Yeah, but was if y happened?", "I see your cool story, bro and raise you that z happened!" At that point the ultimate "twist" at the end can be seen in advance and left me wondering about some plotholes. It had a lot of potential to be really cool, but it tried too hard and became a satire of the genre.