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 enlarge | Directors: David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Actors: Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey, Rade Serbedzija, Fernanda Romero
Studio: Lionsgate
Category: Movie
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 6671
Genre: Horror
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 97
ASIN: B001C1FCPO
Theatrical Release Date: February 1, 2008
Release Date: November 4, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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 Movie's ok, DVD Extras are Absurd July 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The movie itself isn't that bad. It's what i expected, which wasn't much. I'm not a big fan of horror films since they almost never scare me or even give me the type of thrill that a horror movie should. So this was typical in that regard.
Obviously the premise is a stretch, but that's the fun of movies. She is blind and gets a cornea transplant to restore her vision, but the donor of the cornea's could "see dead people".
Ahem.
That's fine for make-believe stories and entertainment, but the DVD has a featurette with "experts" (can you really be an expert in make-believe?) talking about how "everybody is psychic" and "phenotype to genotype information transfer is possible."
The last quote is from somebody with "doctor" in their title. An actual doctor said that. doubleyou-tee-eff? That whole featurette is nonsense and pseudoscience. It was incredibly irresponsible to produce that and include it on a dvd that will end up in the hands of people that aren't even going to look up anything about genetics and see that phenotype-to-genotype transfer is impossible.
Lion's Gate should be ashamed.
 Enter Visual Joke Here July 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jessica Alba, I am not a fan. Asian remakes, they've become a little redundant and are definitely losing their quality as opposed to the actual films that are being remade. Stories that could be told so much better on film than they actually were because of restrictions such as rating or actors, please stop.
So why did I even bother viewing The Eye? Because I hoped that there would be some saving grace, even a miniscule bit of saving grace. There was. The story is very interesting, and there are a few bits where it grabbed my attention. It didn't hold it for long. What mainly grabbed me was the story of the donor, and Alba's character to discover the donor's origins. I'm fans of Parker Posey and Alessandro Nivola, and to see them was nice although Parker Posey had maybe a mere 5-6 minutes of screen time. Visually, the film looked crisp and the colors used were great.
Aside from that, there wasn't much to hold onto. The scares were minimal, and pretty noneffective. None of the characters aside from the donor and Alessandro's effected me. Most of the exposition fell flat. And I don't connect with Jessica Alba.
In the string of these asian remakes, The Eye sits low on the list of them for me. It may sit at the bottom. As far as movies go, it doesn't sit anywhere on my list.
 loved it June 23, 2008
I haven't watched this movie before i ordered it but i must say that I was amazed with it. I absolutely love the story and the whole idea of the movie. Ending was brilliant too. I definitely will recommend this movie to my friends.
The Eye June 18, 2008
The movie was good, i saw it in the movies so i had to buy it.
Another Failed Remake June 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow. Although I do think there have been a few good remakes of Asian films, this certainly is not one of them. I admit, I do love the Pang Brothers and have their versions of The Eye, The Eye 2 and even The Eye 10 (an inside joke, but well worth seeing). This version of The Eye is just not very good. It falls into the category of the ones that should not have been remade for they now are so bad, many will not see the original great work of art. This, I believe was my first Jessica Alba movie, and will most likely be the last. Most of the acting in this was sub-par and then some. The only good actor of the bunch was the cancer patient (also played well in the original). Anyway, I hope this helps some people decide, and I highly recommend the original, as it is SO MUCH BETTER. IT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT MOVIE. NOT LIKE THIS JUNK.
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