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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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Reviews for Open Your Eyes
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 CriticAmenabar, at 25, has created a film that deserves comparison to Hitchcock's best work.
03/05/02
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02/28/02
There is no problem accepting star Eduardo Noriega, an unknown on these shores, saying and doing things that look ridiculous when performed by Cruise.
02/01/02
One of the most thought-provoking thrillers of recent years, a film that really does challenge its audience's expectations and suppositions at every turn.
01/22/02
Confirmed my suspicion that Alejandro Amenábar may be the most promising filmmaker under 30.
01/17/02
The ending makes us catch our breath not because it's so clever, but because there's so much to the film even without the final revelation.
12/10/01
a startling debut from an eye-opening new talent
08/20/01
A resonating portrait of millennial angst that ultimately amounts to little more than a preposterous guessing game.
08/18/01
A jaw-dropping psychological thriller about the power of the human mind to bend and break reality.
08/11/01
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
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
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
I felt uninvolved, finding myself drifting into my own dreamworld instead of the filmmaker's.
01/01/00
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.
01/01/00
Well acted by a primarily young cast headed by Eduardo Noriega and possesses several particularly bold images that take good advantage of the qualities of the medium.
01/01/00
It's like being tickled -- horrible as well as enjoyable, but worth it for that moment of relief when the tickler finally stops.
01/01/00
While it will not get the kind of wide release necessary to make a big splash in this country, those who see it will not quickly forget the experience.
01/01/00
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