Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
A group of patients meet at a prestigious psychologist's office. Apart from the day and time of the appointment, something else unites them all: all six suffer from OCD. But the plane bringing the doctor is unexpectedly delayed, which forces them to spend an endless wait until the doctor shows up. Will they be able to keep their manias, impulses, convulsions, obsessions and rituals at bay during the wait?
Toc Toc is a likable Spanish comedy adapted from a stage play, and its theatrical origins show clearly — the film is essentially a bottle episode set almost entirely in a waiting room. The premise of six OCD sufferers stuck together is inherently comic, and the ensemble cast delivers competent performances that carry the material. However, the plot is formulaic: each character is defined by a single exaggerated tic, conflicts arise and resolve predictably, and the structure is episodic rather than dramatically propulsive. Cinematography is functional at best — minimal camera creativity, flat staging that never escapes its stage-play roots. Novelty is limited; the 'strangers thrown together by circumstance learn to accept each other' formula is well-worn, and the film adds little conceptually beyond its OCD hook. The ending is warm but unsurprising, wrapping things up with feel-good convenience rather than earned resolution.