The Life Before Her Eyes (2008) Reviews
- Starring:
- Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, (more)
- Director(s):
- Vadim Perelman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Mystery & Suspense
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful Acting I thought was excellent. I found this movie entertaining due to the fact I kept trying to figure out what was going on thorought the movie. Then at the end, I was disappointed because I ... Read More Acting I thought was excellent. I found this movie entertaining due to the fact I kept trying to figure out what was going on thorought the movie. Then at the end, I was disappointed because I still did not know for sure what happened! Did she survive or die? Did she really have a daughter name Emma and a husband or was this her imagination? Or was Emma the daughter she aborted that never existed and was her husband actually the teacher she had an affair with as a teenager? I had lots of unanswered questions when this movie ended which was kind of frustrating. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
7 out of 9 people found this review helpful This movie is very confusing! It bouncing around way too much and even after seeing the ending, I still don't get it. My husband can read and follow movies very well and he didn't even get this ... Read More This movie is very confusing! It bouncing around way too much and even after seeing the ending, I still don't get it. My husband can read and follow movies very well and he didn't even get this one. I would not recommend it. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
6 out of 8 people found this review helpful This movie didn't make any sense in the end so I could only give it 2 1/2 stars. If they had been able to tie everything together and make sense I would be recommending this movie. It was well ... Read More This movie didn't make any sense in the end so I could only give it 2 1/2 stars. If they had been able to tie everything together and make sense I would be recommending this movie. It was well made, good story, excellent acting, but it just didn't tie together in the end. I'm still not exactly sure what the point was. And yes I did watch the extras to hear what the ending was supposed to be about, but even that didn't make sense. The directors basically tried to add 2 + 2 to get 5, and that just didn't work. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful Unless you're a huge Uma Thurman fan and simply must see everything she is in, skip this movie and go read the book it's based on instead. The novel The Life Before Her Eyes by Laura Kasischke is ... Read More Unless you're a huge Uma Thurman fan and simply must see everything she is in, skip this movie and go read the book it's based on instead. The novel The Life Before Her Eyes by Laura Kasischke is quite good while this film version takes what is deftly handled in Kasischke's prose and turns it into overwrought and ham handed musings about life. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
4 out of 6 people found this review helpful Like the Divinci Code, the movie could not cover the vivid detail of the book! ...which has a different ending...WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful I completely agree with Ann V. Could only guess what the movie was about after it ended.
"Acting I thought was excellent. I found this movie entertaining due to the fact I kept trying to figure ... Read More I completely agree with Ann V. Could only guess what the movie was about after it ended.
"Acting I thought was excellent. I found this movie entertaining due to the fact I kept trying to figure out what was going on thorought the movie. Then at the end, I was disappointed because I still did not know for sure what happened! Did she survive or die? Did she really have a daughter name Emma and a husband or was this her imagination? Or was Emma the daughter she aborted that never existed and was her husband actually the teacher she had an affair with as a teenager? I had lots of unanswered questions when this movie ended which was kind of frustrating." Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful opening credits kinda put you to sleep, the movie jumps around within the main characters life from high school where a major tragedy happens to her adult life, some of the times for very mundane ... Read More opening credits kinda put you to sleep, the movie jumps around within the main characters life from high school where a major tragedy happens to her adult life, some of the times for very mundane reasons that they think the audience wouldn't be able to put together themselves. Through the movie you see what its like to be a survivor of a catastrophe and still be a functioning part of society. The jumps back keep leading up to the major event where her or her best friend get shot by a fellow student gone off the deep end wielding an automatic machine gun. I'll just say that the end was kinda a let down so as not to spoil it anymore than it did itself. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
3 out of 6 people found this review helpful I really like this movie I liked the twist in the end. Then when you put it all together it all made sense. I would like to see it again to notice more things and clues. I have been telling people ... Read More I really like this movie I liked the twist in the end. Then when you put it all together it all made sense. I would like to see it again to notice more things and clues. I have been telling people this is one to rent. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
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