Storyline The violinist Sydney Wells has been blind since she was five years old due to an accident. She submits to a surgery of cornea transplantation to recover her vision, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she's having strange visions. With the support of Dr. Paul Faulkner, Sidney finds who the donor of her eyes and begins a journey to find out the truth behind her visions.
Writers: Sebastian Gutierrez, Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui
Cast: Jessica Alba
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Sydney Wells
Alessandro Nivola
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Dr. Paul Faulkner
Parker Posey
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Helen Wells
Rade Serbedzija
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Simon McCullough
Fernanda Romero
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Ana Christina Martinez
Rachel Ticotin
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Rosa Martinez
Obba Babatundé
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Dr. Haskins
Danny Mora
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Miguel
Chloë Grace Moretz
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Alicia
Brett A. Haworth
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Shadowman
Kevin K.
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Tomi Cheung
Tamlyn Tomita
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Mrs. Cheung
Esodie Geiger
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Nurse
Karen Austin
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Mrs. Hillman
Ryan J. Pezdirc
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Nurse Room Attendant
Taglines:
How Can You Believe Your Eyes When They're Not Yours?
Filming Locations: 7th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $12,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $12,425,776
(USA)
(3 February 2008)
(2436 Screens)
Gross: $56,964,642
(Worldwide)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
Turkey:
(DVD version)
Did You Know?
Trivia: Jessica Alba declared that while she'd been wanting to do a horror thriller for a long time, she didn't want to do a slasher where each character dies in a more outrageous and bloody way, whereas she found this film to be elegant and very well written and her character Sydney to be elaborate and very interesting, thus enabling her to stretch her acting abilities.
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized:
When Sydney gets out of the shower and is in the room with her sister, Sydney says "I need to find out who she is" and then her sister replies with "Who?" but her mouth is saying something else.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Teen on Skateboard:
Oh, shit. Thanks. I didn't see that. Sydney Wells:
Neither did I. Sydney Wells:
[voice-over while Sydney walks in the street and settles in a café]
People say seeing is believing, but for me, that's not entirely true. I lost my sight when I was five years old. Those memories of what I have seen have faded so much that I doubt I'd even recognize myself anymore. Now I see using my other senses. I can smell the rain before it drops, but I can't watch it fall. I can feel the sun on my face, but I can't see it rise or set. I want to see the world like everyone else, to see the sun, the rain, the music. Oh I bet music looks beautiful.
User Review
It Could Have Been So Much More...
Rating: 3/10
I really wanted this movie to be good. Really. I think Jessica Alba is
an extremely talented actress, and I had high hopes for this movie. J
horror remake, interesting premise, Jessica Alba...sounds good so far.
But this movie left me disappointed in when I saw it last night. The
movie relies on cheap thrills that aren't frightening to the mature
moviegoer. I should have expected this, as it was rated PG-13, but the
theatre full of screaming 11 year olds at every jump was quite
irritating.
When it was all over, The Eye left me wanting more. The only thinking
and mystery in the movie is done for you and the "science-talk" from
Alba seems unrealistic. It relies on loud noises and horror movie
clichés at every turn. The Eye is a definite popcorn movie. It may be
entertaining for younger viewers, but if you want a deeper and more
engaging story, look elsewhere.
Plot
A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. However, she got more than what she bargained for when she realised she could even see ghosts...
Release Year: 2002
Rating: 6.8/10 (15,414 voted)
Critic's Score: 66/100
Director:
Oxide Pang Chun
Stars: Angelica Lee, Chutcha Rujinanon, Lawrence Chou
Storyline A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. However, she got more than what she bargained for when she realised she could even see ghosts. And some of these ghosts are down right unfriendly. So she embarks on a journey to find the origins of her cornea and to reveal the history of the previous dead owner ...
Writers: Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui, Danny Pang
Cast: Angelica Lee
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Wong Kar Mun
(as Lee Sin-Je)
Lawrence Chou
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Dr. Wah
Jinda Duangtoy
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Old Lady in the Hospital
Yut Lai So
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Yingying
Candy Lo
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Yee (Mun's Sister)
Edmund Chen
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Dr. Lo
Yin Ping Ko
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Mun's grandmother
Florence Wu
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Nurse
Wisarup Annuar
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Dark Figure
Yuet Siu Wong
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Ghost in the Hospital
Wing-Wai Chin
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Hospital Caretaker
Tao Leung
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Ghost on the Highway
Mylio Lau
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Wah's Secretary
(as Miyuki Lau)
Ousinthorn Chotphan
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Mun as a Little Girl
Dampongongtrakul Sawadee
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Yee as a Little Girl
Taglines:
What if the reflection you see is not yours
Opening Weekend: €301,664
(Spain)
(23 March 2003)
(71 Screens)
Gross: $2,952,059
(South Korea)
(19 September 2002)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
Argentina:
(Mar del Plata Film Festival)
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Canada:
(DVD)
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Sweden:
(DVD)
Did You Know?
Trivia:
When Dr Wah and Mun are on the train together, a ghostly woman's face appears in the train window behind them as they travel through a tunnel.
Goofs:
Continuity:
When Mun and Dr. Lo get to Bangkok, they each have a black bag. At the hospital, only Dr. Lo has one. Later, at Ling's house, Mun has her bag back.
User Review
One of the year's best horror movies, though the subtitles will sadly put many people off
Rating: 8/10
Even the website of this movie gave me the creeps. And it turned out to be
one of the scariest movies I've seen in a while.
We follow the touching story of a young Hong Kong girl, blind from her
earliest years, who undergoes a cornea transplant. After softening us up
with lots of nice sentiment, the horror kicks her new found sight brings its
own macabre rewards. Snappy editing and a well-timed score heighten the
horrors that pack nanchuka punches to the guts. About a third of the
audience was cowering behind their hands for the last half. In an age when
American horror flicks are starting to look weary from over-use of CGI
special effects or are toned down by self-censorship to reach a wider
audience, The Eye comes in as a deftly woven real cardiac-stimulation
shocker.
Sadly, the fact that it is subtitled limits the potential audience as many
people simply refuse to go and see foreign language films until they have
been genuinely moved or terrified by one. If you like horror movies and want
to experiment, this is a good chance, and one of the best in the genre since
the little shown Audition earlier this year.
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