The Abandon

A claustrophobic story such as this one relies heavily on ingenuity and good acting to make you care. The ever-game Jonathan Rosenthal does just that.

They do a pretty good of making it cinematic within that cubistic space, and the performers are strong. It keeps your attention.

The Abandon manages to get under the viewer’s skin without resorting to unnecessarily bloody or shocking images, and puts Rosenthal’s performance first. [Full review in Spanish]

The Abandon is a film that, despite its repetitive spatial limitations, offers a unique and deeply emotional experience through Jonathan Rosenthal's brilliant performance. [Full review in Spanish]

Doing something new and cerebral with the CUBE concept.

What begins as a tense thriller evolves into something with unexpected emotional substance.

It's ... a nice reminder, in case one is needed, that limitations of location and budget don't have to equate to limitations of imagination and execution.

The room keeps shrinking, we keep getting dots connected, and by the end, there still aren’t a lot of significant answers, but everything from how the cube torments to escaping is odd enough to keep one entertained


The plot may have been told before, but certainly never quite like this.

A smart, interesting, and impressive one-room film that blends science fiction with psychological horror.