The Courier

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The Courier

2024

1h 41m

Drama

Crime

Mystery & Thriller

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Year 2002. Spain enters the Euro. It is a time of opportunities, for the smart ones. Like Iván, a kid from Vallecas who has outgrown his neighborhood. From his position as a valet at a luxurious golf club in the capital, he will soon take his first big step: becoming a Belgian courier for an international organization dedicated to money laundering. Ivan will start transporting suitcases to Brussels and Geneva. But Iván can't keep his eyes off the top. The real black money is flowing on the Costa del Sol. Construction businessmen, corrupt politicians, bankers, sportsmen, the Chinese mafia... Ivan wants his share of the cake. This is the story of a young man who had nothing and dared to have it all. Until it all exploded. A high voltage story about excess and delusions of grandeur, the reflection of an era that will never return. A story in which the life of Ivan, our protagonist, is intertwined with the most emblematic moments of recent history.

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Jose Solís

Common Sense Media

05/29/2024

Despite its constant thrills, Daniel Calparsoro's The Courier isn't likely to leave a mark once its credits roll.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

05/17/2024

C

It gives us a Cliff Notes history lesson on fraud and money laundering.

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Juan Pablo Russo

EscribiendoCine

05/13/2024

7/10

El Correo immerses us in a powerful action thriller, and functions as a mirror of reality, pointing out the personal and political vices that have marked Spain's recent history. [Full review in Spanish]

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Pablo Vázquez

Fotogramas

01/23/2024

3/5

I will not be the boomer critic who ruins the party by explaining that this entertaining, fast-paced, and grotesque offering, shot with half-hearted composure and zero involvement, is more of the same, but also isn't. [Full review in Spanish]

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Javier Ocaña

El Pais (Spain)

01/23/2024

But in the end, the movie, thick and heavy like an out-of-date ice cream, ends up being, in a way, a victim of itself and of what it wants to denounce. [Full review in Spanish]

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Enid Román Almansa

Cinemanía (Spain)

01/23/2024

3/5

A story starring Arón Piper and María Pedraza that addresses the corruption in Costa del Sol in the early 2000s. [Full review in Spanish]

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William R

@RT31710337 Sep 4

Absolutely awful movie. 95% Of the movie is a very unlikeable main character who is extremely ungrateful. There's more of a plot in the adult industry category of content than this awful movie that has zero substance to it. More effort was put into finding attractive women to play extremely intimate scenes rather than writing a good story with any character development.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Aug 29

Success in 1 hour and 41 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Anthony H

@RT80384408 09/27/2024

There are a thousand better ways I can think of to spend an hour and 40 minutes. Spare yourself. There is absolutely nothing redeeming about this film.

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Jhosep G

@RT48819495 06/16/2024

Sí, ¿y? Desde que empezó, esta película ya dejaba ver lo mala que iba a hacer. Una introducción horrible, una voz narrativa completamente innecesaria. Los personajes demasiado blandos, sin motivaciones claras más allá de la búsqueda cliché del dinero y el poder. Cada decisión del protagonista que se cree un nuevo Sherlock termina siendo lo más estúpido que pueda haber.

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acaba 1

@RT38230749 05/26/2024

An excellent film inspired by real events

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María Pedraza

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Laura Sépul

Anne Marie

José Manuel Poga

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Synopsis

Year 2002. Spain enters the Euro. It is a time of opportunities, for the smart ones. Like Iván, a kid from Vallecas who has outgrown his neighborhood. From his position as a valet at a luxurious golf club in the capital, he will soon take his first big step: becoming a Belgian courier for an international organization dedicated to money laundering. Ivan will start transporting suitcases to Brussels and Geneva. But Iván can't keep his eyes off the top. The real black money is flowing on the Costa del Sol. Construction businessmen, corrupt politicians, bankers, sportsmen, the Chinese mafia... Ivan wants his share of the cake. This is the story of a young man who had nothing and dared to have it all. Until it all exploded. A high voltage story about excess and delusions of grandeur, the reflection of an era that will never return. A story in which the life of Ivan, our protagonist, is intertwined with the most emblematic moments of recent history.

Director: Daniel Calparsoro
Producer: Borja Pena, Emma Lustres
Screenwriter: Patxi Amézcua, Alejo Flah
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Playtime Production, La Compagnie Cinématographique, Panache Productions, Netflix, Vaca Films, Movistar+
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: European Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): May 10, 2024
Runtime: 1h 41m

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