We emerge worn but wiser, having stepped, if only momentarily, and secondarily, into the shoes of the brutalized.
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03/23/06
Take My Eyes (2006)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:30
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: Graced with effective performances, Take My Eyes compellingly explores the subject of domestic abuse while avoiding simplistic characterizations.
Theatrical Release:Mar 17, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: A couple breaks up after the husband's violent and abusive nature finally becomes too much for his wife, but the breakup becomes a rebuilding experience for both of them as they pick up the... [More]
Starring: Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Pena, Rosa Maria Sarda
Director: Iciar Bollain
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Reviews for Take My Eyes
(...) La directora evita que su película se convierta en un panfleto feminista o, lo que hubiese sido peor, una explotación sensacionalista.
08/31/04
This small, somber drama says things to battered women they probably already know. What it says to their abusers -- of any country or culture -- they can't afford to ignore.
03/31/06
Top CriticThese kinds of films are hard to keep out of your mind.
03/16/06
Tosar retains a small level of sympathy even revealing himself as a monster and Marull blooms from nervous rabbit to assuredly attractive career woman.
11/04/03
The effective performances [in "Take my Eyes"] by Tosar and Marull keep you involved with Pilar’s plight and have you rooting for her to break free of Antonio.
11/10/03
Bollain keeps things muted and very natural, then allows the emotional resonance to blossom in scenes that are both beautiful and chilling.
11/08/04
The film won a sack of Goya Awards in 2004.
03/16/06
Top CriticWhat makes the movie fascinating is that it doesn't settle for a soap opera resolution to this story, with Pilar as the victim, Antonio as the villain, and evil vanquished. It digs deeper and more painfully.
04/20/06
Top CriticHarrowing, psychologically astute drama about domestic abuse.
03/17/06
If Take My Eyes explored how a woman could still feel for a man who abused her, it might have gripped us with its difficult truths.
03/15/06
Top CriticIcíar Bollaín's Goya-winning Take My Eyes approaches the horror of domestic abuse from a uniquely critical angle.
10/15/05
Handles the subject of domestic violence with intelligence and compassion.
03/16/06
Top CriticWife-beating is a subject done to death but the deeply felt story and astonishing performances by the principal actress elevated this Goya-award-winning tale well above the rest.
03/07/06
The direction and performances acknowledge a lack of easy answers for these complex, flawed characters, while subtly indicting the roots of domestic violence in the Spanish culture of machismo.
02/18/05
Every element of the production is well-crafted. Take My Eyes is highly recommended.
03/01/07
For once, it makes sense that the battered wife always returns to the abusive spouse, even if we don't believe his promises ('I've changed') any more than hers ('I'm never going back').
03/14/06
Top CriticThe story isn't exactly new, but Bollain, an actress in her own right, keeps Take My Eyes from sinking into clichés.
03/17/06
Top CriticThough deceptively straightforward in its exploration of the causes and effects of domestic abuse, Take My Eyes benefits from the grubby verisimilitude Bollaín brings to his material, which otherwise might have lapsed into movie-of-the-week superficiality
04/20/06
An uncommonly perceptive and balanced drama about a topic often treated in movies (especially thrillers) as a mere plot device.
02/06/04
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