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Movie Overview
Cast
• Sin-je Lee
• Laurence Chou
• Chutcha Rujinanon
Director
• Danny Pang
• Oxide Pang
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
The Eye (2003)

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OFCS Rating: 68% Fresh
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4/5
"Here’s the movie The Sixth Sense should have been."  eFilmCritic.com  David Cornelius

B-
"The Pang Brothers rely on mixing reality with hokum to make their tale more strange than scary."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

2/4
"The film is elegantly composed and offers the occasional fright but its minimalism is as calculated as its story is annoyingly familiar."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

B
"It's creepy and forbidding, the way good thrillers are. I suspect it would not hold up to multiple viewings, but it's a kick one time through, anyway."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

B-
"Technically proficient but completely unsurprising ghost story."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

3/4
"Seeing is definitely worth believing in the Hong Kong supernatural thriller The Eye. Quite imaginative and cerebrally challenging for a spookfest narrative...never blinks when it comes to its inherent hair-raising high jinks."  Movie Eye  Frank Ochieng

C+
"Makes it clear that the Pangs have an eye, so to speak, for unnerving visuals. It's a pity that they're not quite so adept in script construction and plotting."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

2/5
"Wildly hyped horror import is easy to look at but doesn't truly terrify, despite the invention of the directing Pang brothers."  Netflix  James Rocchi

3/4
"A solid genre piece that's more than adept at evoking the thrills necessary to keep the audience on the edge of their seats."  MovieMartyr.com  Jeremy Heilman

1/5
"alloprosalo thriler poy se stelnei arketes fores me ta atmosfairika toy kai poly apotelesmatika sta ihitika aerika toy gia kana misaoro, ki se rihnei stin ania gia allo toso"  Movies for the Masses  Joseph Proimakis

B
"Writers Oxide Pang and Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui borrow liberally from such films as "The Sixth Sense," "The Eyes of Laura Mars" and even "At First Sight," ensuring that any genre buff will know exactly where "The Eye" is headed, but the Pangs, cinematographer"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3/5
"This stylish ghost story owes a great deal to contemporary Japanese ghost movies in general and M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense (1999) in particular but weaves a creepy spell all its own."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

2.5/5
"Starts out with a promising idea, makes hesitant steps toward doing something original with it, and runs pell-mell into the safety of horror movie cliches."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

2/5
"It’s disappointing to find the film’s most deliciously terrifying surprise occurs during the film’s opening credits."  Filmcritic.com  Nick Schager

3/5
"The overall visual imagery is terrifically effective, unsettling and eerie, yet darkly beautiful at the same time."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

3/5
"The overall visual imagery is terrifically effective, unsettling and eerie, yet darkly beautiful at the same time."  Film Threat  Rich Cline

4/5
"Made me jump a bunch of times, and seriously creeped me out at least three times."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

3.5/5
"Given that the current state of American Horror is usually so watered-down and generic, even a 'pretty good' horror import is reason to rejoice."  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

B
"The brothers are at their best playing in the style sandbox, creating shivery imagery and eerie moods..."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

2.5/4
"Despite its over-familiarity, The Eye manages a decent atmosphere."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

2/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

B+
Read review  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow
OFCS Rating: 68% Fresh
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