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The Jaundiced Eye (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 11

Fresh: 11

Rotten:0

Average Rating: 7.6/10

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Synopsis: THE JAUNDICED EYE is an investigative documentary that traces the painful appeal of a Michigan man, Melvin Matthews, who served ten years prison time for supposedly abusing his son. As the film... THE JAUNDICED EYE is an investigative documentary that traces the painful appeal of a Michigan man, Melvin Matthews, who served ten years prison time for supposedly abusing his son. As the film unfolds, we learn that his wife was shattered to discover that after divorcing her, he came out as a homosexual. The resulting battle challenges standard notions of homophobia, as well as confronting the issue of parents using children as a weapon to harm each other. [More]

Director: Nonny De La Pena

Director: Nonny De La Pena

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Jun 23, 2009

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  • This harrowing documentary chronicles the decade long trials and emotional traumas incurred by a gay Michigan man, Stephen Matthews and his father, Melvin Matthews, who were wrongfully accused by Stephen's ex-girlfriend and her husband of molesting Stephen's son. Despite no physical evidence both Stephen and Melvin were wrongfully sentenced to 35 years in prison. A movie that serves as a terrifying example of injustice carried out by a society of legal labyrinths armed with flawed science and age old bias against sexual orientations. DVD Extras!
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    AS forceful as the docu is in presenting the facts, some disturbing questions linger: was the boy (who's now 15) indoctrinated or brainwashed by his mother? How did he live with that knowledge and lack of communication with father's family for a decade?

    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    11/09/06
    Emanuel Levy
    Variety
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    Sheds light on some limitations in our legal system and how a little prejudice can go a long way. You get the sense of helplessness and frustration the Matthew's lived with...a compelling documentary.

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    05/23/03
    Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
    TheMovieChicks.com

    An eye-opening look at the possibility of an accused pedophile's innocence ... it is a compelling caution against quick judgements made without benefit of all the facts

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    04/10/03
    Brian Mckay
    eFilmCritic.com

    A powerful documentary to refute those who would claim that homophobia's a dead issue.

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    10/24/02
    Luke Y. Thompson
    New Times

    The Jaundiced Eye is a passionate, angry piece of advocacy, but it is equally, and in consequence, a brave and necessary act of truth-telling.

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    01/01/00
    A.O. Scott
    New York Times
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    [Illustrates] some valuable points about how a personal prejudice can spill over into harmful, seamlessly delusional behavior, and how the high emotions inextricably entwined with a subject like child abuse can prove ultimately self-defeating.

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    01/01/00
    Dennis Lim
    Village Voice
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    A terrific documentary.

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    Edward Guthmann
    San Francisco Chronicle
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    An uninventive but harrowing report from the front lines of a society whose attitudes toward homosexuality are changing faster than some might like -- but not quite fast enough to really make it count for others.

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    The story of Melvin and Stephen Matthews is one that deserved to be told. Unfortunately, the manner of its telling by writer-director Nonny de la Pena is almost as inadequate as the US justice system the two men confronted.

    Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
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    Keith H. Brown
    Eye for Film

    A compelling documentary about a miscarriage of justice.

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    Liz Braun
    Jam! Movies

    The finest element in de la Pena's carefully assembled account is how she doesn't simply state the obvious, but lets the meaty facts speak for themselves.

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    01/01/00
    Wesley Morris
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