Javier Bardem gives the performance of the year and barely has to lift a finger to do it.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 22, 2020

I think that one of the fundamental keys of 'The Sea inside' is precisely to create characters with which the public feels identified from the first second. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Apr 15, 2020

[VIDEO ESSAY] Alejandro Amenbar's seamless depiction of Ramn Sampedro's battle for his own sense of integrity arrives in refreshing cinematic terms.

| Original Score: A | Apr 27, 2013

Fascinating story too complex for young viewers.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2011

It's a good movie. It's just not a movie for which I can work up much personal enthusiasm.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 19, 2008

Can a movie be too well made for its own good? Stylish and painterly, with moments of great lyricism, it flies over the Spanish countryside to the sea...the film does everything in its power to escape the claustrophobia inherent in the story.

| Nov 1, 2007

The performances are heartbreaking, the story both tragic and uplifting - Amenabar has crafted yet another movie that's sure to please many.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 21, 2007

The production itself is so rich in authentic emotional life and breathtaking visuals, word of mouth and positive reviews should carry the (pay) day.

| Mar 1, 2007

Bio-pic chronicles quadriplegic Ramon's Sampredo's 28-year crusade to legalize euthanasia in order that he be allowed to die with dignity.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 17, 2007

The film is worth seeing, but only if you're prepared to set aside your aversion to its polemic in order to experience its compassion.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 11, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 1, 2006

An intelligent and moving treatment of a potentially maudlin subject matter.

| Original Score: 80/100 | Feb 26, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

what could have been unrelieved morbid dreariness becomes, in the hands of Amenabar, a provocative and unexpectedly life-affirming story...

| Apr 14, 2005

The result, as imagined by Amenbar, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mateo Gil, is like watching the human spirit flash before your eyes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 7, 2005

The acting in the film is superb, especially by Bardem, who richly deserved his Academy Award nomination.

| Original Score: B | Apr 6, 2005

Javier Bardem gives a remarkable, delicately honed performance.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 1, 2005

Rare is the motion picture which grapples with issues this provocative and profound. Rarer still is one which does so this well.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 22, 2005

Had its beautiful moments but also had its soap opera moments.

| Original Score: B | Mar 19, 2005

Respectable but undistinguished, and it places a distant second to 2004's other award winner about euthanasia (don't ask, won't tell).

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 18, 2005