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03/24/02
Open Your Eyes (1997)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:37
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.5/10
Consensus: Director Alejandro Amenábar tackles some heady issues with finesse and clarity in Open Your Eyes, a gripping exploration of existentialism and the human spirit.
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Handsome 25-year-old César (Eduardo Noriega) has it all--a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women. Unfortunately, he can't... [More]
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01/07/09
Banish any thought that this might be a thoughtful or insightful parable; it simply doesn't get under the surface enough to sustain that level of discourse.
01/01/00
I felt uninvolved, finding myself drifting into my own dreamworld instead of the filmmaker's.
01/01/00
The first portion of the movie can't possibly prepare audiences for what turns out to be a series of inane plot contrivances, which help the movie end with a real thud.
01/01/00
For adventurous filmgoers, though, this Spanish import offers something off the beaten path and a chance to play the coffee-shop game: Could This Screenplay Be Saved?
03/19/02
Top CriticThe cumbersome, fantastical plot twists of its last 40 minutes render the whole thing unfathomable.
01/01/00
Top CriticFalls apart about halfway through. Great acting, though.
08/09/02
When they finally reveal the Big Secret, you're liable to just shake your head -- both because it's so ludicrous and because you can easily and correctly write the epilogue.
01/01/00
This is so smart, mischievous and stylish, you'll instantly want to see it again.
01/26/06
If Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch had collaborated on a project, the result might have been something like Open Your Eyes."
08/02/09
Alejandro Amenábar's film is part psychological thriller, part virtual reality romance, part philosophical investigation.
01/01/00
Amenabar skilfully manipulates the time-space continuum, while skipping between reality and fantasy often enough to keep the audience in a constant state of vertigo.
01/01/00
See this far superior thriller instead of the lousy remake "Vanilla Sky."
05/29/03
Alejandro Amenabar announced himself in the category of the top level of directors working today.
12/06/05
That [Amenabr] has come up with a film of such visual and structural audacity confirms him as one of Spanish cinemas brightest new talents.
01/01/00
A resonating portrait of millennial angst that ultimately amounts to little more than a preposterous guessing game.
08/18/01
No review available.
07/13/05
Amenabar may drop the ball with a surprise happy ending, but the real shock is that when Cesar finally opens his eyes, you feel he's earned it.
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