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Eye of the Beholder

Eye of the Beholder

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Absolutely Horrible
Review: A British secret service agent (Ewan McGregor) becomes obsessed with the subject of his observations - A beautiful woman (Ashley Judd). When he witnesses her killing an estranged sexual partners, he becomes her guardian angel, protecting her from capture. As the web grows deeper, his mental anguishes from past experiences haunt him.

There's not much I can say that hasn't already been said. This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Definately in my top 5, which is a shame because it has some really great actors in it. Unfortunately, this movie goes absolutely nowhere. It doesn't necessarily have bad acting, it's just mind-numbingly boring. The plot goes nowhere and I kept thinking "what is this movie about? Why did they film this?"

The only thing worse than the movie itself is the terrible ending. It leaves you with that feeling of "huh? Is this it?" The fact that I sat through the entire thing to the end is a testament to my willpower and determination to find any redeeming qualities in this film, before realizing that the best part about it was that it was finally over.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: this isnt as bad as other reviews make it seem
Review: Give me a break people. This movie was well done.
The acting and production were both fine, like
some other reviewer mentioned (and yet that same
person gave 2-3 star review??!?).

The ending wasn't so "BAD." If you are one who MUST have
a happy ending, then you might not like it, but that
doesnt mean it's bad. Shit the ending is similar to
Seven's (minus Brad Pitt and the gore;sorry for the spoiler),
and yet that movie has a 4 1/2 rating on this site.I think it
was easy to connect with the characters emotionally and
maybe even have sympathy for their circumstances.
The sad and perhaps inconclusiveness ending
fits the story perfectly.

4 stars for it being a better movie than most, 1 no-star
because if you're not in the mood it might be a little
slow and disappointing.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Craig's Review
Review: Like Jeff Lyons (WNBC-TV) said "Stunning... Ashley Judd is mesmerizing!" I agree, and it is a great Thriller. Ewan McGGregor plays a great role as an intelligence agent.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., the end...
Review: This is the worst movie I have ever seen. My best friend and I actually watched the entire thing. Not, because we liked it, but because we could not believe that a movie could contine that long without anything actually happening. Each of us had walked out on/turned off movies that werew simply bad, but (as cliche as it sounds), this was actually like slowing down to look at an accident. Not ONE interesting thing happened durrring the entire movie, despite our continued assurances to each other that SOMETHING was bound to happen any moment. And the ending was so dissapointing that I have actually blocked it from my memory (think 'The Pledge' people). It might be woth renting (NOT buying), just to remind you that your life is better than this movie.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Eyes of Glass
Review: This is not a great movie, but it is well worth seeing. The performances are great and the cast is excellent. The production values are as good as any. It has all the parts needed to make an exceptional movie.

If the ending was done better I think this would have been a hit. If you like movies like "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", "Taxi Driver", or "Eyes of Laura Mars" you should enjoy it. Ashley Judd and Ewan McGregor are quite good in their roles.

This is not one I will watch as often as "Along Came a Spider" or "Vertigo", but I certainly added it to my collection of mystery/drama DVDs. Well worth at least a rental and if you like Judd you should seriously consider buying it.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Great movie; BAD ending!
Review: Let me start out by saying that despite the slow movement of the film, i really dug it. I wouldn't consider it a thriller so much as a psychological exploration into the minds of two deranged halves of the same coin. Ewan McGregor (the eye) has lost his daughter, his wife, and his mind is starting to slip (as noted by the fact that the only person he really truly talks to in most of the movie is the imaginary spectre of his daughter).Joanne (Ashley Judd) has lost her father, her innocence, and her mind is already long gone.
Both of them are victims of loneliness, socipathological tendencies, and pain that they never seem to show. Both of them are so ice cold throughout the movie - until something triggers them and you see just how much pain they must be in. And how much pain they are causing.
McGregor and Judd do great in this movie - although they do lack chemistry. This doesn't hinder the movie though since you almost never see them together. McGregor chases, stalks, hunts her around the world in her desperate flee from the police and herself. He grows to understand and accept her completley, as demonstrated by the way he predicts her moves towards the end.
The thing that really ruins this movie is just that - the ending. It's terrible. The whole movie builds up to this climax of them meeting and .... well it's disappointing to say the least. And confusing.
Now if someone could just get ahold of the script and the actors and make the ending CLIMATIC instead of ANTICLIMATIC. Have them kill eachother or themselves or something anything but the horrible thing they have patched in and called a conclusion.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Huh??
Review: I'm all for off-beat psychological thriller. The key word here is: thriller. Eye of the Beholder is psychological, but it is not thrilling. A good thriller calls for good character development, something which this movie plainly ignores. And no, a one-minute flash-back by Judd in the middle of the movie is NOT good character development in my book.

Still the movies begins with much promise - a secret agent doing surveillance on a suspect is instead becomes a witness to his death by a smart, beautiful, and obviously dangerous woman. This is the classic shy/geeky guy meets hot/rebellious babe with a twist! But from there, the movie begins a downward spiral that even Trent Reznor never reached. Seriously, if the filmmakers want us, the audience, to feel sympathetic for a staller and a serial killer, they need to provide better reasons than one has his wife and daughter leave him and the other is abandoned by her father.

Without the emotional attachment that comes with good character development, the audience is reduced to mere spectators who watch two loonies doing things that don't make much sense for an audience who don't much care. Furthermore, as good actors as McGregor and Judd are, they don't have chemistry.

And after sitting through this pile of manure, thinking there must be some sort of payoff at the end but it never came; I was left wondering: If his daughter really means more to him than anything in the world, why oh why doesn't the McGregor character invests all the time, money, and effort he uses to stall Judd; to find his daughter?

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Off-Beat Suspense/Action Movie?
Review: It's not your run-of-the-mill suspense or action movie. It's a strange trip following two fractured lives. (Ashley Judd, Ewan Mcgregor) Not a film for everybody, it's a character study in despair and loneliness--and I'll watch many times in the future.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Ashley Judd is only actor who can make kd lang seem wasted!
Review: I never would have expected kd lang to be an actor one would much be pulling for. But as a voice of reason trying to reign in the obsessive indulgence of "The Eye" (played by Ewan MeGregor), lang's character is the one we can most sympathize with herein. It might have worked to make lang look like a character actor to take note of. But what dooms it all to failure is Ashley Judd playing an absurdly extreme caricature of her already well-know "ballbuster" persona. As such the movie plays like a nightmare. Not in an entertaining sense, but as if the viewer is caught in the nightmare of having to watch the movie -- indeed a nightmare of living in a world where such a movie would ever be made and deemed entertaining. The mood is all totally putrid and the story beyond preposterous.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: i like it
Review: i like this movie a lot ! It is an interesting movie. I think people should go see it !


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