If you have ever felt stressed about an exam, then you will soon come into play with "Exam" and sense your body shivering from spontaneous anxiety. The whole film resembles a riddle which demands an answer, so the audience could participate in the way of every respectable mystery-film. But here, the newcomer Stuart Hazeldine turns out to create something which will literally put the audience inside a bizarre multicoloured lighted examination room. So, let's pick up the pens and answer the impossible; solve the riddle without breaking the strict rules. The participation in this film is like a video game or a live Skype job interview if you prefer. The creator of this film achieved an utter interaction between the screenplay and the audience which renders this film actually entertaining in a matter of fact. It is a tendency now that every movie shot in one place, especially in a room, become highly appreciated. "Exam" offers a live angst on solving the unsolvable among a bunch of stereotypical characters each one with a role to play and decisions to take. Hazeldine distributes clues throughout the movie and even his excellent close and personal frames betray a diligent job. As for the cast of the unknown actors ordered to capture a team of unique, intelligent and cliched people fighting and showing off for a place next to the God of opportunities, I believe they hit the nail on the head with sincere performances. The agony of the countdown shadows flaws and plotholes and further enriches the suspense of the easily predicted future uncomfortable escalations. Inside a room with specific rules and a motive of surviving of the fittest, people, despite how different their origins or culture or intelligence is, they have no differences; Thus, the way they strive for gaining the power to outweigh the others by automatically activating their inner competitive nature, seems extremely intriguing. Besides the hints about colossal medical enterprises and the bioethical questions deriving from there, "Exam" has another less obvious message about an individual's behaviour under special circumstances opening a philosophical and psychological dialogue at the same time. Overall, the proper mystery atmosphere and a respectful befuddlement plot are enough to like the movie, but the revealing of the multiple hidden implications is enough to praise a fresh artist

I don't want to give away the plot, but overall, I thought this film rather ingenious. 8 people are in a room, suspicious of each other's motives, since they are all competing for a prime position with this mysterious company. If they talk to the guard, or to the camera monitoring them, they are escorted out, one by one. They suspect at least one of them is a plant for the company, and not an actual candidate. It gets pretty intense, since no one knows what is expected of any of them, or what the question is that they're supposed to answer. So, they try to think of every possible ruse to reveal the truth. Consider it a minimalist setting, but I thought the premise worked well, and the twist at the end got me. Give this movie a chance, if you are tired of chases, guns, and brute strength being displayed. There also aren't any zombies in this one, for once.

Eight candidates compete for an important job in a big company. They are in an obscure room where they must to follow a list of rules as not to be eliminated. To get the job, they must answer to one question which they must first find out. What is there to be remarked is the different social status of characters and their distinct ways of thinking. Although the whole action happens in only one room, it provides mystery and suspense throughout its length. Unfortunately, the finale doesn't provide a pretty good explanation, leaving the viewer a bit puzzled.Overall, it's a good movie for mystery lovers.

this dialogue driven, problem solving, psychological mystery will have you guessing till the end...at that point some of the air is let out of the balloon but just a little. The ending doesn't really leave you with a jaw- dropping revelation, like all the great psychological thriller/mystery movies have. I mean that's kinda "the moment you've all been waiting for" for this type of film that has you dying to know what really is going on here. But i wouldn't say the ending is bad by any means, and The rest of the movie is absolutely riveting. It sucks you right in and you feel genuine emotions for the characters from hate to feeling sympathetic. The entire movie takes place in 1 room but it has as much excitement as a big budget blockbuster