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Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: Featuring wooden performances and minimal scares, The Eye is another tedious remake of an Asian horror film.
Theatrical Release:Feb 1, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $31,397,498
Synopsis: THE EYE adapts the influential 2002 Hong Kong ghost tale by the Pang brothers into a star vehicle for Jessica Alba. While it remains faithful to the original story, this version ups the number of... [More]
Starring: Jessica Alba, Parker Posey, Alessandro Nivola
Director: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Moreau and Palud decide to trade in the creepy, atmospheric style of the Pang Brothers for a more amped up Hollywood approach...it fails to distinguish itself either as a remake or on its own terms as a horror film.
The real movie is Jessica Alba as a blind girl... Even the story of an eye transplant recipient would be cool, watching her adjust to the world of vision. Luckily, the bulk of the movie is that. That makes it classy and grown-up.
The Eye contains little worth seeing.
Directors David Moreau and Xavier Palud ... and screenwriter Sebastian Gutierrez ... cleave very close to the [original Hong Kong] film in many ways, yet the result is far less satisfying.
A thin premise frays the audience’s patience.
The film's directors, David Moreau and Xavier Palud, bring nothing new to the table, and they aren't even particularly adept at reheating the leftovers.
does deserve points for an atmospheric first hour, it's undone by bad acting and a pedestrian ending.
I operate under the belief that horror movies should be scary or, at the very least, surprising. The Eye is neither of those, although it is diverting and not without some entertaining moments. I'm on this fence about this one.
Just be prepared to suspend your disbelief a little more than usual.
A film of no distinction of any kind, destined only to fill the late hours at some 10-year-olds' sleepover party.
'This surgery was supposed to make me normal!' she complains.'Why would you want surgery that does that?' says her doctor, trying to knock some sense into her. 'Normal wants surgery to be you!'
When it comes to finding things in other movies that can be re-purposed, the makers of The Eye have a pretty good eye.
An effective if redundant fright flick.
When it comes to showing something to end the second-rate horror drought, The Eye is blind.
Top CriticThe major problem is the death of a horror film: It's startling, but not particularly scary.
The most frightening aspect of this supernatural horror film -- a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong thriller -- is that there was a 114-minute version, before someone took pity and snipped it down to a lugubrious 97.
Top CriticEver had a premonition of imminent catastrophe, only to watch helplessly as the worst unfolds? You have if you saw the previews for this snoozer of a paranormal shocker and bought a ticket anyway.
Further proof that those fueling the Hollywood remake machine are the ones who could really stand to have their vision restored.
Yet another inferior remake of an Asian horror film.
Therapy for this fright-free, superdull remake of a stylish Hong Kong horror flick is probably not covered by your HMO.
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