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  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Vantage
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Vantage
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary Sydney Wells is an accomplished, independent, Los Angeles-based concert violinist. She is also blind, and has been so since a childhood tragedy. Sydney undergoes a double corneal transplant, a surgery she has waited her whole life to have, and her sight is restored. After the surgery, neural ophthalmologist Dr. Paul Faulkner helps Sydney...

Directed By: David Moreau, Xavier Palud

Written By: Sebastian Gutierrez, Yuet-Jan Hui, Oxide Chun Pang, Danny Pang

  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Vantage
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Vantage
  • 1 h 38 m
The Eye
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
36
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 125 User Ratings
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Summary Sydney Wells is an accomplished, independent, Los Angeles-based concert violinist. She is also blind, and has been so since a childhood tragedy. Sydney undergoes a double corneal transplant, a surgery she has waited her whole life to have, and her sight is restored. After the surgery, neural ophthalmologist Dr. Paul Faulkner helps Sydney...

Directed By: David Moreau, Xavier Palud

Written By: Sebastian Gutierrez, Yuet-Jan Hui, Oxide Chun Pang, Danny Pang

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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8% Positive
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62% Mixed
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31% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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31% Negative
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63
A quirkily efficient genre exercise that knows exactly where and when to administer its cattle-prod shivers.
By Stephen Cole FULL REVIEW
50
The most vivid aspect of The Eye is its poster image, that of a huge female eye with a human hand gripping the lower lid from the inside. The least vivid aspect is the way Jessica Alba delivers a simple line of expository dialogue.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 125 User Ratings
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12% Positive
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17% Mixed
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71% Negative
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 125 User Ratings
2.1
12% Positive
15 Ratings
17% Mixed
21 Ratings
71% Negative
89 Ratings

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KikYu0
Mar 28, 2011
It was Okay, same Level like Gothika, nothing New but for sure no complete time waste, light Horror Movie with a Sexy Jessica Alba to stay Tuned and an satisfied Ending.
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The_D4RknesS
Nov 1, 2022
lionsgate has every weird movie but this one was nice even with a really stupid story
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50
Unfortunately, the final act (the Mexico sequences) illustrate where to take a ghost story if you want to exchange old-fashioned horror for a grilled cheese sandwich.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
42
The major problem is the death of a horror film: It's startling, but not particularly scary.
By Tasha Robinson FULL REVIEW
40
Sacrifices the quietly creepy qualities of the original in favor of ramped-up horror film techniques that by now seem distressingly familiar.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
38
A tediously noisesome English-language remake of an Asian horror picture that wasn't any great shakes to begin with.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
20
The entire movie is an object lesson in diminishing returns: of nagging shock cuts and blaring sound cues used as indiscriminately as joy buzzers; of “look out behind you!” scares that wouldn’t make a Cub Scout flinch; of a blurry visual scheme that was far more terrifying in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," where it sought empathy rather than empty sensation.
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Meth-dude
Oct 26, 2016
It's actually not a bad remake at all. The acting was not bad, the movie was entertaining and the movie was well made. If it wasn't fort he original japanese movie, this movie would definitely not have that bad of a reputation.
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JLau
Sep 18, 2020
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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cameronmorewood
Nov 15, 2012
Not as bad as it could be. But its not nearly as good as could be either.
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jimmytancredi
Jul 20, 2011
It's basically the same as the original but is a thousand times more exaggerated. The original is more natural to make you believe more in the story, since the remake makes it all far-fetched, unrealistic. It's decent, but only for a change, the original is better. Hopefully we've got the beautiful Jessica Alba collaborating with the look of the film. The story is interesting and plausible, has some good scenes of shock, although not being many and not giving so afraid and the performances are reasonable. Jessica Alba played fairly better than I expected.
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Javed12
Dec 2, 2010
Terrible remake and goes to show that some films which make good ghost stories are better off seen in the original format. Hopefully Hollywood will spares us remakes of The Eye 2 and Eye Infinity.
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Production Company Lionsgate, Paramount Vantage, Cruise/Wagner Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, VN Productions
Release Date Feb 1, 2008
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline You Won't Believe Her Eyes.
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Awards

Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Teen Choice Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination

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