La mesita del comedor

Like watching independent movies with as few details & information about them known as possible.

Suffice to say, the movie's plot with its conflict is horrendous while totally unexpected.

There could have been several "interesting" way for the story to go, and when we are finally aware what was sensed earlier, there was no way back. All the other plot lines seem ridiculously miniature and petty.

Questioning the characters' choices and motives under duress, but since cannot even imagine such thing to happen, they really can't be blamed how the shock effect clouded them.

Great acting, dark story, good original movie.

I am still spinning a little from watching this. How the director was able to coax some laughs from such a horrifying premise is quite a credit to him (I guess). I feel somewhat ashamed to say that I was laughing at times throughout this. All the while you know this will all end so badly for everyone involved.

I can certainly understand not liking this, but I (enjoyed is definitely the wrong word here) was left really thinking long and hard after the credits finished.

And please don't take a date to this movie.

You may never see a movie like The Coffee Table ever again.

The writing is first class, the tension is extraordinary, the acting superb, the ending is fraught with anxiety.

In short, superb and well worth a watch. However, if I were to be hyper picky I must point out that it could be a little shorter, maybe some judicial editing would help without reducing the tension.

And thank thank you to Anthony Jeselnik for recommending it!

This movie is more devastating and shocking than every horror movie i have watched, except for MARTYRS (the original). I don't know if i should recommend it because, make no mistake, as it is unfolding, it's almost unbearable to watch. If you are the type of person that can't stand horrifying movies or else they get nightmares, don't watch it. There are no flesh eating monsters here, there are no masked killers, there is not even violence. Not even depraved/deranged characters. I won't say anything else in order to avoid spoilers.

There is a comedy element indeed here, but it's so dark and bleak that it's gonna make you feel guilty when you feel it. I am not gonna lie, i laughed a few times during the first 30 minutes. However, this is not a dark comedy. This is a psychological drama thriller, anxiety-inducing as a movie can be. As it was getting closer to the end, i literally wished for time to run faster because i couldn't stand it anymore. And i am not that sensitive, i love dark comedy and horror movies, i can watch almost anything.

I gave it a high rating because this is an unforgettable experience. For a guy who has watched thousands of movies, this is a great praise for a movie. This is a well acted and well directed movie that i won't forget soon.

When I saw michael Hanneke's funny games i thought that was the movie i would never wanted to see again, but this picture came and... It's not bad, I hated the movie I really did but the picture itself wants you to hate it, so I guess it made it. Everything is a roller coaster, but theres no ups, just rolling down from the top and you don't see where the end is near. I wanted so desesperately to this movie to end, every five minutes is just me checking how much time is left. THE scene, is so unoredictiable and that was when this movie hit me and dragged me. So ig you're sicko and you love you to see when a baby is crying, when somebody falls from a chair, when someone forgets a speech, You'd like this movie. I hated it and I loved it.