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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
Though 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
Hints at the inescapable complexities of loving an abuser.
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.
We emerge worn but wiser, having stepped, if only momentarily, and secondarily, into the shoes of the brutalized.
What 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.
Top CriticAn extraordinarily truthful and piercing drama about spousal abuse.
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.
The performances from Marull and Tosar ... are superbly nuanced, carefully tweaking your emotions until they ensure that Take My Eyes is one of the most moving films you'll see this year.
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.
Top CriticThere's no melodrama anywhere in the film, only drama, with every single moment superbly acted and startlingly believable.
Te doy mis ojos works with incredible force whilst remaining small and intimate at the same time. A small gem of a movie that deserves to be seen by many.
Domestic abuse has been portrayed on film before but never with this much complexity.
Every element of the production is well-crafted. Take My Eyes is highly recommended.
These kinds of films are hard to keep out of your mind.
This tale of domestic abuse breaks little new stylistic or psychological ground, but it is a searing, well-acted drama that should strike universal chords.
An uncommonly perceptive and balanced drama about a topic often treated in movies (especially thrillers) as a mere plot device.
The story isn't exactly new, but Bollain, an actress in her own right, keeps Take My Eyes from sinking into clichés.
The film won a sack of Goya Awards in 2004.
The performers are luminous.
Top CriticThe 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.
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