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  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 49 m
Take My Eyes

Summary Take My Eyes tackles the difficult subject of domestic violence, but like "Days of Wine and Roses" and "Drugstore Cowboy," it broadens (and never dilutes) its cautionary tale with humor, lyricism, and a shattered love story. (New Yorker Films)

Directed By: Icíar Bollaín

Written By: Alicia Luna, Icíar Bollaín

  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • New Yorker Films
  • 1 h 49 m

Take My Eyes

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 9 User Ratings
8.3
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Summary Take My Eyes tackles the difficult subject of domestic violence, but like "Days of Wine and Roses" and "Drugstore Cowboy," it broadens (and never dilutes) its cautionary tale with humor, lyricism, and a shattered love story. (New Yorker Films)

Directed By: Icíar Bollaín

Written By: Alicia Luna, Icíar Bollaín

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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79% Positive
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21% Mixed
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0% Negative
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21% Mixed
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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.
By Bill White FULL REVIEW
88
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.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
88
Harrowing, psychologically astute drama.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
75
Take My Eyes might look and sound like an earnest message movie, but its bone-deep understanding of the tricky psychology of abuse feels effortlessly authentic.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
70
A disturbing take on domestic violence.
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60
The director, Iciar Bollain, who wrote the screenplay with Alicia Luna, invests Antonio with humanity, which would be more impressive if she had paid more attention to exploring the darker recesses of Pilar's inner life.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
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If Take My Eyes explored how a woman could still feel for a man who abused her, it might have gripped us with its difficult truths. But the movie presents Pilar and Antonio's marriage as a stale, neurotic dead end.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 9 User Ratings
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11% Mixed
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Universal Acclaim Based on 9 User Ratings
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11% Mixed
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Production Company Alta Producción, Canal+ España, Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, Producciones La Iguana S.L., Televisión Española (TVE)
Release Date Mar 17, 2006
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Donde dice hogar se lee infierno. Donde dice amor hay dolor. (Where it reads 'home' read 'hell'. Where it reads 'love' there is pain)
Website http://www.la-iguana.com/
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Awards

Goya Awards
• 7 Wins & 9 Nominations
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
• 6 Wins & 9 Nominations
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations

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