Alicia I love this movie so much

Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

nycritic A title like MONDAYS IN THE SUN (LOS LUNES AL SOL) is misleading. It leads the potential viewer, also called a cinema buff, to believe he or she is going to witness something brimming with life and love and laughter -- something that incites a walk down memory lane, like AMARCORD or something. It's the equivalent of a delicately laid-out trap that has lovely pansies and gardenias but hides a black hole in which not even hope can emerge. See, this is the cheerful story of some down-and-out working-class men who find themselves unemployed. Of course, like most unemployed men, they make great strides to remedy the situation: they drink, they reminisce, they drink some more, they brood, they talk, they drink, they brood and reminisce and reminisce until all you have is one big fat essay on the Art of Stagnancy.True, I know and am fully aware that all realities were not created equal. Some people fight to come out of their situation -- as dire as it may seem -- and even though the road to success from the bottom of the pit might be rather bumpy, they triumph through perseverance. These men -- played by Javier Bardem and Luis Tosar in lead roles -- come across as whiners who would rather do as little as possible and moan about their inability to get ahead. At least, Tosar's character has a little more plausibility: his wife is now the breadwinner which besmirches his own masculinity (and for anyone unaware of Spanish culture, a man's machismo is everything), and the scene where he blows it for her when she goes to a bank to apply for a loan is all too real. It's quiet, it's tense, it's the essence of what destroys a marriage that is now on uneven grounds.LOS LUNES AL SOL is flawed by its own Neo-Realist approach to a subject such as unemployment, but denies its characters the possibility of coming through by making them escapist slobs. There is one moment of devastating horror and it happens twice: one of the men's wives has left (purportedly on an extended vacation). He holds on to the illusion she will return. Bardem takes the friend home who is too drunk to make it alone and realizes his friend is much worse off than any of them thought. It's a grim reality, to see that this is what these men's lives are worth -- abandonment and the inability to cope with reality -- and the best moment of the entire film. However, despite this powerful message, LOS LUNES AL SOL runs too long and is too plodding to sustain its weight, which is heavy.

dominik96 How do you imagine the life of an unemployed without family, possession or future? Dull is certainly one of the answers, but this movie does the utmost of this basic story! It's a great achievement to tell something so boring without becoming itself dull and boring. At some points it is even funny and every minute is well done. Really intelligent script with great actors. Especially the actor of Santos! By far the best way to get a glimpse of a life nobody wants to have. It isn't a movie for everybody, because it isn't an easy popcorn movie. The presence of your mind is required but you will be certainly rewarded with an insight that you'll hopefully never experience.

Claudio Carvalho In an industrial city in Spain, five unemployed middle-aged friends daily meet in a bar, whose owner was also a former employee of the local shipyard, for drinking and small talk. Santa (Javier Barden) is their rebel leader, who dreams to move to Australia, and is being sued by the owner of the shipyard for breaking a 8,000 pesetas light. The insecure José (Luis Tosar) feels inferiority complex of his wife Ana (Nieve the Medina), who is supporting their home with a temporary work in a tuna can factory. Paulino (José Ángel Egido) is permanently trying to find a job through unsuccessful applications. The Russian Serguei (Serge Riaboukine) studied in Soviet Union to be an astronaut and seems to accept his life status. The depressed Amador (Celso Bugallo) misses his wife, who left him some time ago. For all of them, each jobless idle day looks like a Sunday."Los Lunes al Sol" is a bitter and sad worldwide contemporary story, with magnificent performances. I am marine engineer and Rio de Janeiro is the greatest Brazilian pole of naval construction. In the 80's and 90's, I saw many people of this sector, including friends and colleagues, losing their jobs and many of them changing their professions with the crisis in this sector. This type of situation happened in many other economical sectors, and Brazil has presently about a ten percent unemployment rate. I feel very sorrow for those who lost their jobs, and the large number of street vendors and slums in my hometown, associated to very low wages, reflect our present situation. The universe of Santa and his friends may be extended too to many other countries and sectors of the economy, therefore it is very easy to sympathize and understand the drama of the characters. This impressive film is also very well directed and watching it is a worthwhile experience, mainly for the younger generations. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Segunda-Feira ao Sol" ("Monday in the Sun")

Saruman-1 Almost nothing happens in this film, which is an important part of the message, which is after all about the boring life of the unemployed. There is comedy (especially Javier Bardem as the rebellious, witty Santa does his best in this department), there is drama, but the few really good ideas in this film are drawn out over too long a time. This works to the film's detriment, creating a plodding, slow, experience where a piece of about two thirds its length would have been interesting. Again, I do realize that the slowness is trying to be part of its message; still, adding scene after scene of essentially the same troubles of an unemployed life was not a good idea in my opinion.