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The Eye (2003)

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Reviews Counted:100

Fresh:64

Rotten:36

Average Rating:6.1/10

Consensus: Conventional ghost tale with a few genuine scares.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Jun 6, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $339,607

Synopsis: THE EYE, directed by twin brothers Danny and Oxide Pang, is a Chinese/Thai horror film that focuses on Mun (Sin-je Lee), a cornea-transplant recipient who has been blind most of her life. As Mun... THE EYE, directed by twin brothers Danny and Oxide Pang, is a Chinese/Thai horror film that focuses on Mun (Sin-je Lee), a cornea-transplant recipient who has been blind most of her life. As Mun adjusts to her newfound sight, she begins to see haunting visions of dead people. As these terrifying visions become more frequent, Mun turns to a young psychiatrist, Dr. Wah (Lawrence Chou), for help. Eventually the two track the identity of the deceased eye donor to Thailand, and there the mystery is finally brought to light. With THE EYE, the Pang brothers enter the increasingly populated subgenre of contemporary Asian horror. Drawing on the visual language of recent Japanese films such as RING and PULSE, as well as Hollywood films THE SIXTH SENSE and STIR OF ECHOES, this chilling tale implies more than it reveals, building a deep sense of dread, even from the opening credits. Although the "I-see-dead-people" plotline has been investigated numerous times, THE EYE manages to put a different lens on the idea through subtleties in the story and the charismatic performance of the radiant Sin-je Lee. Featuring scenes that will make all viewers wary of elevators, hospital recovery wards, and calligraphy, this film offers truly startling moments that will linger in the mind's eye for a long time. [More]

Starring: Sin-je Lee, Laurence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon, Candy Lo

Starring: Sin-je Lee, Laurence Chou, Chutcha Rujinanon, Candy Lo, Edmund Chen, Pierre Png

Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang

Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Screenwriter: Jo Jo Hui Yuet Chun, Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Producer: Lawrence Cheng
Composer: Orange Music
Studio: Palm Pictures

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Accomplished and genuinely eerie.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
06/06/03
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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It's unabashedly derivative and spooky enough to keep you up at night.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
06/06/03
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

Tom Cruise's company has already bought the remake rights. See why.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
06/06/03
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

Though mythology and motivation might not withstand excessive scrutiny, this film is an intelligent, creepy thrill.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/06/03
Christine James
Christine James
Boxoffice Magazine

Just how scary is it? Even the film's daytime confrontations are enough to cause a severe jolt, but one nocturnal sequence involving a moaning old woman could leave viewers shuddering for days.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
06/06/03
Bryan Reesman
Bryan Reesman
Citysearch

Hong Kong brothers Oxide and Danny Pang manage to deliver real skin-prickling jolts.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
06/05/03
Megan Lehmann
Megan Lehmann
New York Post

Sin-Je experiences a range of emotion (denial, grief, understanding, terror) that is engrossing.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
06/05/03
E! Online

Ms. Lee, much more than a standard horror-movie shrieker, looks convincingly haunted by what she sees, and the Pangs' pictorial instinct is as sure as their shock-producing sense of timing.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
06/05/03
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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This stylish ghost story owes a great deal to contemporary Japanese ghost movies in general and M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense (1999) in particular but weaves a creepy spell all its own.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
06/05/03
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

[The Pangs'] sense of pacing is nicely arrhythmic, which makes the 'boo' moments all the more heart-thudding, but what's even more pleasurable are the pockets of quiet, those lacuna of low-frequency dread when nothing much happens.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
06/05/03
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
Los Angeles Times

As a horror movie, it packs one genuine scare after another, right up to the moment of its inconceivably ghastly end.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/03
Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Premiere Magazine

The usual hokum, jazzed up with more flash than it deserves.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
06/05/03
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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The Pangs deliver enough shivery scares to keep you up nights.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
06/05/03
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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Genuinely scary, especially when it strays from its lame plot to orchestrate some beautifully chilling set pieces.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
06/05/03
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

The Eye loses its effectiveness because of its repetition. Even if it's a well made horror movie, it is pretty predictable.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
06/05/03
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

In their fluid, deliciously eerie imagery, the Pangs can make the sight of even a dish of sliced duck in a busy noodle shop seem as ominous as the chilling, blurry specters that only Mun can see.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
06/04/03
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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Given that The Eye plays out without so much as a single new idea or real surprise, it's a testament to the Pangs' knack for composition and editing ... that the movie goes boo as effectively as it does.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
06/03/03
Dennis Lim
Dennis Lim
Village Voice
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It’s disappointing to find the film’s most deliciously terrifying surprise occurs during the film’s opening credits.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/22/03
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Filmcritic.com

There are a few frights in The Eye, but most are thoroughly uninteresting.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
05/20/03
Par Parekh
Par Parekh
Film Journal International

The movie's biggest achievement may be Lee's performance.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
05/20/03
Joe Mader
Joe Mader
Hollywood Reporter
 
 
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