fact ( i ) represent mar adentro relate the well know ( at least in spain ) story of ramón sampedro and a galician quadriplegic who kill himself ( help by some friend ) after 28 year prostrate by his condition . judge have deny several time his petition of active euthanasia . fact ( ii ) represent mar adentro become the movie of the year in spain . everyone talk about it represent politician and singer and ordinary people . everyone like it and even the critic opinion be unanimous . the film win a lot of prize ( golden globe and oscar and goya . ) and annoy catholic community and life lover quadriplegic . a star be bear . fact ( iii ) represent the intensity and the quality of the actor in mar adentro be just amazing and and this make mi wonder how come we have to watch the same bad young actor in the most of spanish late movie . i do not know if javier bardem be a great actor or a great imitator ( there quite a difference between one thing or the other ) while anyway and his job be just impressive and as well a lola dueñas and belén rueda and or the job of all the guest starrings . this be ( the actor selection ) the strong point in amenábar movie . fact ( iv ) represent alejandro amenábar learn his lesson there at the cinema school and there no doubt about it represent he get a privileged brain . he take good control of each and every one of the technical aspect and he know what the audience want and he know how to touch the right chord and even if that turn him into such a demagogue ( just like spielberg be one of amenábar idol ) . fact ( and v ) represent if you criticize a movie such a mar adentro it will seem like you have any kind of trouble with the moral issue the story tell about . there a trap in this kind of picture represent you have to differentiate between the movie itself and the moral concept . if you do not like schindler list that do not mean that you agree with hitler philosophy ( or do you . ) . so and for me and it be a good film and an extraordinary story ( since it be a real story that make it much more extraordinary ) . grandiloquent and self kind and and everything but neutral ( no matter what amenábar or bardem have say about it represent those character that be not in favor of euthanasia come to no good at all . ) . 50 % hard or 50 % way too sentimental . epilogue represent mar adentro wouldn not be by no mean in my ranking of the best 50 spanish movie of all time . nobody have special merit in the story but ramon sampedro himself . he be the movie . now and alejandro amenábar be gon na become the more international spanish director ever and maybe he will go to live to hollywood while but some of u would like to watch him film a simple story and without bit final twist and without live dead nor dying alive . the others be still his best movie . my rate represent positive .