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  • 2004
  • R
  • First Look International
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2004
  • R
  • First Look International
  • 1 h 48 m

Summary Hypnotherapist Dr Michael Strother (Visnjic) has a dangerous gift; he gets flashes from the inside of his patients' minds. The thrills start when Strothers, whilst trying to help a police detective stop smoking, sees in her mind an image of a young girl floating below the surface of a stream. He is soon caught up in the detective's purs...

Directed By: Nick Willing

Written By: Madison Smartt Bell, William Brookfield, Nick Willing

  • 2004
  • R
  • First Look International
  • 1 h 48 m
  • 2004
  • R
  • First Look International
  • 1 h 48 m
Close Your Eyes
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Hypnotherapist Dr Michael Strother (Visnjic) has a dangerous gift; he gets flashes from the inside of his patients' minds. The thrills start when Strothers, whilst trying to help a police detective stop smoking, sees in her mind an image of a young girl floating below the surface of a stream. He is soon caught up in the detective's purs...

Directed By: Nick Willing

Written By: Madison Smartt Bell, William Brookfield, Nick Willing

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
45
31% Positive
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38% Mixed
5 Reviews
31% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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31% Positive
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38% Mixed
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31% Negative
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75
Strong acting and smartly tuned-in directing turn a run-of-the-mill detective story into a striking, sometimes harrowing blend of horror and suspense.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
70
An enjoyable throwback to the occult psychological horror-thrillers of the late 1970s. While it flirts often with campy excess, the film remains compelling thanks to its chilly mood, stylish visuals and polished production values.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
60
Sometimes a movie's charm materializes where you least expect it and in this particular case it emerges in the unlikely form of Henderson's character, Scotland Yard detective Janet Losey.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
58
Visnjic is charismatic, sympathetic and believable in the role, and the first part of the film -- in which he's being drawn into the case against his will and then use his hypnotic skills to get inside the mind of the little girl -- is quite riveting.
By William Arnold FULL REVIEW
40
With such plodding dialogue, there's little the actors can do to surmount the falsity, although Ms. Shaw, in her brief appearances, almost succeeds.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
30
Willing's confused procedural -- derived from a novel by Madison Smartt Bell -- is a hasty throwback to the sado-medieval Exorcist descendants of the turn of the millennium (Stigmata, Stir of Echoes, Lost Souls). The somnolent cast can't keep the faith.
By Jessica Winter FULL REVIEW
25
A cheaply made piece of ''psychological'' occult schlock, subjects you to that depressing stop-and-go rhythm that defines inept fantasy thrillers.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company BBC Film, The Film Consortium, UK Film Council, Kismet Film Company, ACE Producers, British Screen Productions
Release Date Apr 23, 2004
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The deeper the sleep. The darker the fear.
Website http://www.firstlookmedia.com/films/closeyoureyes/movie/index.html
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Awards

Paris Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sweden Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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