The Method

Seven candidates arrive at a Madrid skyscraper for what they believe is a job interview with a multinational corporation. Instead of a conventional meeting, they find themselves taking part in a selection process they did not agree to, guided only by instructions that reach them through computers. The group is made up of sharply contrasting personalities, and the competition among them quickly turns tense. As they carry out the tasks, suspicion spreads: they begin to wonder whether cameras or microphones are watching them, or whether one of their number is an infiltrator secretly assessing their behavior.

The Method is a drama with thriller elements, released in 2005 and running 117 minutes. It was directed by Marcelo Piñeyro, whose earlier film was Burnt Money in 2000 and whose next film is a 2026 release, La verdadera historia de Ricardo III. Piñeyro wrote the screenplay with Jordi Galcerán and Mateo Gil, and the film was produced by Gerardo Herrero and Francisco Ramos. The cast includes Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri, Eduard Fernández, Pablo Echarri, Ernesto Alterio and Natalia Verbeke. It was made as a co-production between Argentina, Spain and Italy.

On TMDB, the film holds a rating of 6.7 out of 10 from 247 votes, indicating a moderate level of viewer approval for this story of rivalry and paranoia among job candidates.