Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2021 Academy Awards, this Chilean film follows an 83-year-old man who agrees to...
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2021 Academy Awards, this Chilean film follows an 83-year-old man who agrees to be a mole planted within a retirement home under suspicion of elder abuse. However, the mole starts to waver from his task when he becomes wrapped up in the lives of his fellow residents.
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Chilean documentary swings between big laughs and heartbreak, with its story of an elderly spy making discoveries at a nursing home—if only he can figure out how to work that damned iPhone contraption.
95 %79 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
84 %203 reviewsAudience score rating
"The Mole Agent may not look like a documentary, but it builds to a poetic finale enmeshed in emotional authenticity."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Funny, poignant and finely crafted."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"A gentle meditation on loneliness and a fate that threatens us all."
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BirthMoviesDeath
BirthMoviesDeath"Alberdi's comic-caper approach soon fizzles."
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Variety
Variety"The documentary succeeds with its tenderness, while vividly reminding us how easily society can forget its elders."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"The film's people are moving, and the payoff is compassionate, humane and worth heeding."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Deeply humane..."
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Time Out
Time Out"Through a unique premise and an engrossing style, The Mole Agent shines a light on a part of our society that we don't talk or think about enough."
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Film Threat
Film Threat"(The Mole Agent) effectively blends documentary with dramatic elements to charming, if not always transparent, effect."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Sergio himself has real gentleness and is a lovely character... But he is marooned in a tricksy, gimmicky film."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"A fun little diversion, but nothing more."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"We didn't get a James Bond film in 2020, but who needs one when we have Maite Alberdi's charming hybrid drama-documentary."
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The Irish Times
The Irish Times"There are no horror stories, just lots of poignancy."
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The Times
The Times"The Mole Agent, an intriguing fly-on-the-wall documentary from Chile, takes an unusual approach to the subject of the treatment of the elderly."
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The Australian
The AustralianThe Mole Agent | Details
- Rating
- PG, Mild upsetting scenes, infrequent sex references
- Runtime
- 89
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- Chile, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, USA
