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The Eye Reviews

2008

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Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) is an accomplished, independent, Los-Angeles based concert violinist. She is also blind, and has been so since childhood. As our story opens Sydney undergoes a double corneal transplant and her sight is restored. But Sydney's happiness is short lived as unexplained shadowy and frightening images .. Read more

Starring	Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Rade Serbedzija
Director	David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Genres	Audio Descriptive, Horror

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- Another misjudged Hollywood re-make of a Hong Kong horror, this time from French co-directors David Moreau and Xavier... read more on Time Out
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- - Nigel Floyd
  - Time Out
  - 22 Dec 2010 at 03:42
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- - 84
  - 11
  better than orginal
  
  i would say that if you want to watch the eye than please watch this one as the orignal sucked big time and had subtitles
  
  this one is 100 times ... read more »
  
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  - ianruk
  - 11 reviews
  - Sutton
  - 21 Mar 2008 at 14:32
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- - 0
  - 0
  Good all round Friday night Movie!
  
  Good Movie, maybe a 15 cert is a bit ott, it would have suited a 12a cert at the most. A few jumps and good story line with good acting. A good Friday night ... read more »
  
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- - JunkfoodJohn
  - 1 review
  - 03 Feb 2012 at 23:26
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  - 0
  The Eye
  
  Not a big fan of horror films so was not sure why I added this to my list but this was actually pretty good. It is the story of a blind concert violinist who ... read more »
  
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- 1078114
- - Keeley Andrews
  - Wickford, Essex
  - 03 Jan 2012 at 13:49
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  - 1
  brilliant !!!!
  
  this was a rather good film, from begining to the end it is very ea\sy to get into and the begining of the film explains the rest of the film which is good cos ... read more »
  
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- - debz123
  - 57 reviews
  - Morpeth
  - 11 Nov 2011 at 16:26
- - 0
  - 0
  Just ok
  
  It Wasn`t to bad of a film. Think Ive seen similar to this film before. It was kinda predictable really
  
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- 1041543
- - sash5033
  - 9 reviews
  - Darwen, Lancs
  - 16 Sep 2011 at 23:54
- - 0
  - 1
  more detail but good
  
  i thought this film was good but could have done with it being a bit longer so could have gone into more detail of donor,creepy and spooky which i love in a ... read more »
  
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- - cresswell
  - 11 reviews
  - ipswich
  - 13 Sep 2011 at 14:16
- - 0
  - 0
  Sale old, same old
  
  Nothing new here, really thought it might actually be a good thriller/horror but as usual I have failed to see one in a very long time. Jessica was good, but ... read more »
  
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- - Tinkerbell64
  - 58 reviews
  - 16 Jul 2011 at 15:10
- - 0
  - 0
  The mind reader
  
  not what I expected just a little bit boring for me, needed a bit more suspense having you on the edge of your seat.
  
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- 991612
- - a customer
  - 11 May 2011 at 15:37
- - 0
  - 0
  Average but worth a watch
  
  Not bad actually - the overall script was a bit cack, but otherwise not a bad idea.
  
  Average but worth a watch.
  
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- - vanilla_quiff
  - 265 reviews
  - Gatwick, England
  - 08 May 2011 at 21:05
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  - 0
  The Eye
  
  This film had poor sound quality. I had to turn up the TV to almost maximum to hear what they said, and then had my head blown off at the sudden bangs and ... read more »
  
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- - OldBot
  - 46 reviews
  - Witney
  - 07 Mar 2011 at 11:44
- - 0
  - 0
  Middle Ground Horror .
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  But don't let this put you off . If your like me and not a big fan of horror this one is not too bad , may freak you out abit but not as much as some other ... read more »
  
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- - MissLoveSoup
  - 19 reviews
  - This Planet - The Earth School
  - 26 Dec 2010 at 23:48
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- - 84
  - 11
  better than orginal
  
  i would say that if you want to watch the eye than please watch this one as the orignal sucked big time and had subtitles
  
  this one is 100 times ... read more »
  
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- 543108
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  - ianruk
  - 11 reviews
  - Sutton
  - 21 Mar 2008 at 14:32
- - 46
  - 3
  Nooooooo
  
  Its another awful american remake - just watch the original
  
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- - a customer
  - uk
  - 14 Aug 2007 at 22:19
- - 38
  - 1
  Nooooooo
  
  Another re-make for people that cant cope with subtitles, just watch the original!
  
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- 465941
- - a customer
  - uk
  - 14 Aug 2007 at 22:21
- - 32
  - 1
  Not Japanese
  
  The original was South Korean. The remake is directed by the Japanese director of Ring, and stars Zellweger?? it even copies the original poster. US horror is ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - uk
  - 15 Oct 2007 at 21:39
- - 13
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  Stick with the original
  
  The Eye is everything you expect from a Hollywood remake of an Asian horror movie. It stars the obligatory ex-teen-tv star (this time Jessica Alba - Gellar must... read more »
  
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- 548770
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Meako
  - 59 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 03 Apr 2008 at 17:04
- - 9
  - 0
  Good storyline
  
  I haven't watched the original nor do i intend to, i am sure the original is probably better but overall i would say this was a really good film, it is not ... read more »
  
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- 633508
- - bella411
  - 24 reviews
  - Buckinghamshire, England
  - 23 Sep 2008 at 07:47
- - 7
  - 0
  Must See
  
  I read some of the recent reviews of The Eye, glad i ignored the majority of neg coments and still rented, film is much better than the original and also keeps ... read more »
  
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  - Cheddar
  - 12 Sep 2008 at 13:54
- - 6
  - 0
  Better than expected
  
  Nowhere near as bad as some reviews seem to make it out to be, The Eye is an unnecessary remake (which is at times pretty much scene-for-scene) much like The ... read more »
  
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- - DJM666
  - 271 reviews
  - Walsall
  - 22 Apr 2008 at 22:39
- - 6
  - 0
  Translation
  
  The only reason for Gus Van Sant's 1996 remake of 'Psycho' was to make Hitchcock's classic accessible to adolescents too insular or idle to ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - FrankIV
  - 393 reviews
  - Cirencester, England
  - 07 Sep 2008 at 14:52
- - 5
  - 0
  Too Many Similarities
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  this film is based on a japenese clasic similar in cult following as the grudge, unfortunately it bears too many similarities with the sixth sense, there are ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Barrow-in-Furness
  - 25 Apr 2008 at 12:14

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  Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) is an accomplished, independent, Los-Angeles based concert violinist. She is also blind, and has been so since childhood. As our story opens Sydney undergoes a double corneal transplant and her sight is restored.
  
  But Sydney's happiness is short lived as ...