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Exam

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Exam (2009)
Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless room, where an armed guard keeps watch, they are given 80 minutes to answer one simple question. [edit]
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Eight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn't take long for co... Read allEight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn't take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel.Eight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn't take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel.
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    • Stuart Hazeldine
    • Stuart Hazeldine(story)
    • Simon Garrity(story)
  • Stars
    • Adar Beck
    • Gemma Chan
    • Nathalie Cox
    • Stuart Hazeldine
    • Stuart Hazeldine(story)
    • Simon Garrity(story)
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    • Adar Beck
    • Gemma Chan
    • Nathalie Cox
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    • 233User reviews
    • 80Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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    Chukwudi Iwuji in Exam (2009)
    Nathalie Cox in Exam (2009)
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    Chukwudi Iwuji in Exam (2009)
    Luke Mably in Exam (2009)
    Jimi Mistry in Exam (2009)
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    Luke Mably, Jimi Mistry, Chukwudi Iwuji, John Lloyd Fillingham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Nathalie Cox, and Adar Beck in Exam (2009)
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    Adar Beck
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    • Dark
    Gemma Chan
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    • Chinese Girl
    Nathalie Cox
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    • Blonde
    John Lloyd Fillingham
    John Lloyd Fillingham
    • Deaf
    Chukwudi Iwuji
    Chukwudi Iwuji
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    Pollyanna McIntosh
    Pollyanna McIntosh
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    • Brown
    Colin Salmon
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    • Trivia
      On 4 September 2012, a stage adaptation of the film opened in Manchester.
    • Goofs
      If the paper had in fact been photo paper the white lights in the room during the previous 20+ minutes would have ruined the image anyway.
    • Quotes

      Invigilator: There is one question before you, and one answer is required. If you try to communicate with myself or the guard, you will be disqualified. If you spoil your paper, intentionally or accidentally, you will be disqualified. If you choose to leave this room for any reason, you will be disqualified.

      Invigilator: Any questions?

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits that give out only the name of the actors have numbers 1-9 in ascending order, prefixed before their names.
    • Connections
      References Alien (1979)

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    6/10
    Terrific filming, a small-budget conceit, and a plot stretched to the breaking point
    Exam (2009)

    What a bizarre movie. It's so beautifully filmed, almost virtuosic in its use of focus and close up and light, you almost forget that the plot is a highly contrived package of clever ideas. When you do think about the plot, and the various holes that open up in the logic of it, you are almost forced to enjoy it for the visuals. And for the acting, which has some real high points.

    You also marvel at how the entire movie is shot in a single room (with a glimpse of hallway a few times). I suppose you might bow to the film's makers for pulling off so much with so little. The result is intelligent and a little bit suspenseful at its best moments. When it begins it is absolutely fascinating, from the opening scenes establishing the characters to the first laying out of the rules (although there is a drama that reminded me for some reason of "Deal or No Deal" at its tackiest). Then some of the characters break out of the futurist mode and we have normal people vying to win the game, the contest to be hired by the mysterious health products company behind the scenes. (This part will remind everyone of a stylized and a bit false seeming "The Apprentice" even to the point that you might wish for a Donald Trump to appear from behind the dark screen and prod them along.)

    By the end, I think most people will either be a bit tired of it all, or mostly incredulous. It pulls out lots of tricks, and we are inevitably a little surprised by the final turns of events. But I'm not sure it lives up to the high standards set at the start. Get sucked in, sure, but be prepared to stick it out with effort.
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    • Who gets disqualified and why?
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    • Release date
      • June 17, 2010 (Hong Kong)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
      • French
      • Cantonese
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      • Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK
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      • Hazeldine Films
      • Bedlam Productions
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    • 1 hour 41 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital

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