Runtime: 90 mins
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 to discover that after divorcing her, he came out as a... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
Top Critic
[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.
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.
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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