The Room Next Door - 2024 - 7/10
AKA - La Habitación de al Lado

It’s terminal. No, the experimental drugs are working. No, they’re not.
Hopes and fears, the emotional swings take their toll.
Until Martha decides she has had enough.
Wants to resolve her situation while she is still lucid, before the pain overwhelms.
Only needs someone to “find” her body afterward.
Powerful drama gives Tilda Swinton the lion’s share of the best lines.
Julianne Moore’s Ingrid feels underwritten, as if director Almodóvar gave his finest to only one.
Indeed, John Turturo is given bristling dialogue, as well.
Nevertheless, this is compelling drama, recommended for those who can almost feel the Reaper’s breath.