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The Jaundiced Eye

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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 unfolds, we learn that his wife was shattered... 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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Dec 24, 2002

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Nonny de la Pena - Director, Dan Gifford - Producer

Text/Galleries:

  • Additional Text - 1. Where Are They Now?

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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?

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11/09/06
Emanuel Levy
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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
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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

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04/10/03
Brian Mckay
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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
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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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Gemma Files
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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.

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Keith H. Brown
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A compelling documentary about a miscarriage of justice.

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Liz Braun
Jam! Movies
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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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Wesley Morris
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