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06/24/06 04:30 AM
Take My Eyes (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 32 Fresh: 29 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. more
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
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 tattered remains of their lives. TAKE MY EYES won seven prestigious Goya Awards--the Spanish equivalent... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Laia Marull, Luis Tosar, Candela Pena, Rosa Maria Sarda, Sergi Calleja
Reviews
Top Critic
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.
04/01/06 04:30 AM
Top Critic Top Critic 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 04:40 AM
Every element of the production is well-crafted. Take My Eyes is highly recommended.
03/01/07 03:56 AM
Top Critic Approaching potentially unpleasant subject matter with humor, intelligence and deep compassion for its flawed yet infinitely human characters, Take My Eyes is almost certain to rank as one of the year's best films.
04/21/06 05:56 PM
Actors Laia Marull and Luis Tosar explore the intricate details of a relationship based on the laws of attraction and repulsion, in which the intellect is repeatedly devastated by primal passion.
04/20/06 05:33 PM
An extraordinarily truthful and piercing drama about spousal abuse.
04/20/06 03:53 PM
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.
04/20/06 03:33 PM
Top Critic 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
04/20/06 03:27 PM
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.
04/06/06 06:55 PM
Top Critic 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 04:46 PM
We emerge worn but wiser, having stepped, if only momentarily, and secondarily, into the shoes of the brutalized.
03/23/06 12:44 PM
Harrowing, psychologically astute drama about domestic abuse.
03/17/06 05:49 PM
The story isn't exactly new, but Bollain, an actress in her own right, keeps Take My Eyes from sinking into clichés.
03/17/06 05:47 PM
Top Critic Handles the subject of domestic violence with intelligence and compassion.
03/16/06 02:53 PM
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