it a soap opera draw upon an applied ethic idea . a movie about human suffering and death be not necessarily a good movie . i do not get any emotion from it and the idea be not at all new and the tension lack and it become tedious towards the second half but towards the end i think it become quite interesting in a burlesque way . i mean you have this middle age and paralyzed bald guy who get more woman than don juan . he doesn not seem to suffer as much a you would expect from someone completely paralyze for over 28 year and he have no issue with god ( and one would probably expect that too ) and the people around him seem to be the perfect slave ( i can not get out of my mind bergman cry and whisper and similar to this one in many respect and which simply burst with emotion and and not all of them humane ) etc . this movie be the perfect recipe for housewife who look for some emotional thrill but do not expect to be blow away . the movie be worth see among all the cynicism we get today for it sincere intention to present a modern ethical issue without any desire to arouse the viewer . amenabar doesn not rub your face in it and he doesn not take side and he doesn not want to make u fanatic for a particular idea . still i have no clue a to why this movie be so highly regarded .