Eye of the Beholder
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Movie Reviews of Eye of the Beholder
Movie Review: MODERATELY SLY PREMISE BUT PRECIOUS LITTLE TO BEHOLD HERE
Summary: 1 Stars
If mind-bending thrillers like Basic Instinct prove anything, the theme of an expert becoming obsessed with his cryptic subject presents a great deal of potential. This film attempts a similar tapestry. Our protagonist (Ewan McGregor) finds himself progressively involved in eavesdropping a disturbing femme fatale across the street (Ashley Judd) who's in the blackwidow-spider type habit of zapping all males she beds. Problem is, nothing much happens of this premise. We never find ourselves feeling for the agent or his liege. No romantic overtures with dangerous undertones. No edge of the seat interactions ala Sharon Stone films of the early 90s. Instead, there's a queer apparition of the agent's daughter that punctuates every second scene and adds to the pile of threads that end up nowhere. Such constant failure to take advantage of its almost-intriguing buildups gets the film my generous 1-star rating, anyone but McGregor's biographer needn't bother.Movie Review: McGregor and Judd voyage threw a boring obsession tale
Summary: 2 Stars
Ewan McGregor (The Pillow Book, Brassed Off), becomes obsessed with mystery woman Ashley Judd (Double Jepordy, Twisted) and soon he starts to follow her around everywhere she goes. His fascination gets the best of him and it becomes deadly, yeah, ok. He sees her kill someone and the obsession starts right there...no wait was it there or was it when he took her picture. He then sees her kill another guy, she sucks up onto a blind guy who McGregor ends up accidently killing, she ends up almost being arrested but McGregor sets her free and then he follows her to a restaurant in the middle of a snowy area where he gets closer to her. Then she finds out he's stalking her and she tries to run but then he chases after her with his car and ends up killing her and that's that. Wow, exciting. McGregor also suffers from seeing his little girl everywhere he goes and he talks to her. Plays off like one of those Music Videos....like from a sappy writer.....a voyage of obsession. Also starring Patrick Bergin, k.d. Lang (the singer), Jason Preistley (Calendar Girl, Beverly Hills 90210) and Genevieve Bujold.Movie Review: A real let-down from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Summary: 3 Stars
I have a slight advantage writing this review as the DVD with the director's commentary is playing in the background. Apparently this was based on 40's style pulp fiction he read while filming Priscilla and decided immediately that it would be his next film.
It took 7 years to get the financing, asking for a $20 million budget he ended up with $11 million and financed much of it himself. That alone should put up warning lights.
The cast has little to work with. Almost the entire film is made in Montreal in winter and edited to death. There is even an entire scene of Ewan McGregor in drag that is just barely visible if you follow the director's commentary on the DVD version. The film itself is so low budget that he fills in as a double for several characters on several scenes and Ashley Judd's wardrobe was nearly a third of the ENTIRE budget.
The premise is that a man called the eye (McGregor) who is some sort of technical spy is so wrapped up in his job that he doesn't even realize his wife has left with his daughter for weeks. She's apparently gone several years and he is still not quite right in the head over it when he is assigned to follow the Ashley Judd character. For some reason he becomes obsessed with her to the point of helping her cover her tracks as a serial murderer.
The plot becomes absurd as his obsession deepens and the police begin to catch up with her. When he reveals himself and she betrays him it is almost as if the writer and director didn't know what to do and the movie just ends leaving nothing resolved and no questions answered.
Beholder is about obsession and loss and the slow loss of reason and the ability to see beyond what is right in front of you. It is a spiral into a strange psychosis shared by 2 people as seen from the opposing ends of a spyglass.
If you are into film noir and would like to try something diffent than the usual popcorn thriller this is an ok movie. If you just want entertainment without having to think about what is or isn't happening then don't get this, it definetly won't appeal to you.
Movie Review: BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Summary: 3 Stars
Is it just me or do you hust want to strangle Ashley Judd's character. That is just one of the worst people I ever evr seen on a film. So if that was the meaning behind the character Ashley Judd did a great job. As far as Ewan Mcgregor goes he did an excellent job as the eye.
As soon as he begins to track her he falls into a love/obbession with her.he even quits his job so he can countinue to follow her. He even saves her life an occation the best part comes when she is working in a dinner and the cops are on to her. Her teacher even sets her up, but lucky for her eye is there to save her again.
The film it's self is some what of a strech, but writer/director Stephan Elliott did come up with a great consept thow. As far as the movie it's self he did a good job with it, not an award winner but good none the less.
Movie Review: Unbelievably BAD
Summary: 1 Stars
To give this film one star hurts - Where to begin? Although there may be worse films, this one has moments of promise and then falls flat (to put it kindly). A few times when the story seems to be developing, either nothing happens or it cuts to something that has nothing to do with anything. HUH!? It's like one big promise that fails to deliver. The story is disjointed and the editing is jarring. I saw this film in the theaters (and like the joke goes, I didn't care about the money spent, I just wanted my two hours back...) and both when the end credits started rolling and when the credits ended and the lights came on, people had a confused expression ("What just happened here...?") and were shaking their heads, asking whoever they were with, "Huh?".