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The Eye

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Blind for most of her life, concert violinist Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) is the recipient of a double corneal transplant that restores her sight at long last. With the help of her doctor (Alessandro Nivola) and sister (Parker Posey), she learns to see again. Soon, however, frightening visions convince her that a terrifying alternate world exists, and only she can see it.
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Featuring wooden performances and minimal scares, The Eye is another tedious remake of an Asian horror film.

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Tim Grierson Screen International 07/23/2008
Jessica Alba may be easy on the eyes, but a lack of dramatic heft makes her hard on The Eye. Go to Full Review Neil Smith BBC.com 04/25/2008
2/5
With every twist of the second-hand plot telegraphed far in advance, you don't need to be clairvoyant to see where this is going. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey Variety 04/25/2008
Effectively creepsome until it bogs down somewhat in plot explication. Go to Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 10/17/2024
1/4
It proves less cohesive than your average Asian horror remake due to the troubled production and a star incapable of relating dramatic tension. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/07/2020
1.5/4.0
Along with Posey's disappointing turn here, Nivola is uncomfortably weak. Go to Full Review Scott Weinberg TheHorrorShow 08/28/2015
Takes a B-minus import and turns it into a D-minus retread. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Jonathan O @RT41230270 6d Terrible asian horror remake the scares are not there, the performance are awful and the writing is dumb and even for the director doesn't know how to make a horror remake is like doing shot-to-shot and fool us to think adding new instead of copying some scenes. See more The W @TheWagners Jul 4 Horrible remake of a Japanese classic. Absolutely forgettable story, dumb acting, jump scares galore and boring exposition here and there. Can Americans stop remaking Japanese gems? See more Emerson N @Emyrr Jan 20 If you're in for the jumpscares, you will be disappointed. But if you care about the story, this movie will hit your core. Some very emotional and heartfelt moments, especially near the end. This movie is very special to me, I felt like I could resonate with the main character very much but I didn't like the ending. If you can resonate with some of the characters, then this movie is for you. See more Kris B @Kris.Wallace Jan 10 Not the worst thing I’ve ever watched but far from the best. Some decent jump scares which made my t*ts shiver. Decent concept but not really executed to its potential. Also turns into a Final Destination spin-off towards the end of the movie. Oh and Gavin Harris off of Goal! makes an appearance. See more Shaun R @Shaun666 06/20/2025 Plenty of potential, but never quite hits the heights that it should. Some decent moments. Alba probably thought this would make her the next scream Queen… it didn’t happen. See more Daniel C @RT81928904 03/01/2025 America really needs to stop remaking great foreign movies cause they can't ever match the greatness of any of the orginals. I give this movie a 1.5 cause the acting was good and a great job by Jessica Alba but just the story has been watered down and the practical effects are not that good. Stick to watching the Japanese version it's very good. This one not so much. See more Read all reviews
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David Moreau

Director

Xavier Palud

Director

Jessica Alba

Sydney Wells

Alessandro Nivola

Dr. Paul Faulkner

Parker Posey

Helen

Rade Serbedzija

Simon McCullough

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Synopsis Blind for most of her life, concert violinist Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba) is the recipient of a double corneal transplant that restores her sight at long last. With the help of her doctor (Alessandro Nivola) and sister (Parker Posey), she learns to see again. Soon, however, frightening visions convince her that a terrifying alternate world exists, and only she can see it.
Director
David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Producer
Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner
Screenwriter
Sebastian Gutierrez, Hillary Seitz
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Lionsgate, Cruise-Wagner Productions, Capital Arts Entertainment, Paramount Vantage
Rating
PG-13 (Violence/Terror|Disturbing Content)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 1, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 9, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$31.4M
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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