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Writer (WGA):
Dana Stevens (written by)
Release Date:
26 January 1994 (USA)
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Illusion. Deception. Murder. In the blink of an eye things are not what they seem. more
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Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight...
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2 nominations
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(2 articles)
Rapped And Tagged: Examining the Annual Devilz Nite
(From Fangoria. 16 November 2009, 12:41 AM, PST)
Leonardo DiCaprio to Star in The Deep Blue Goodbye
(From Slash Film. 29 September 2009, 2:52 AM, PDT)
(From Fangoria. 16 November 2009, 12:41 AM, PST)
Leonardo DiCaprio to Star in The Deep Blue Goodbye
(From Slash Film. 29 September 2009, 2:52 AM, PDT)
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Above average thriller
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Madeleine Stowe | ... | Emma Brody |
 | Aidan Quinn | ... | Detective John Hallstrom |
 | James Remar | ... | Thomas Ridgely |
 | Peter Friedman | ... | Dr. Ryan Pierce |
 | Bruce A. Young | ... | Lt. Mitchell |
 | Laurie Metcalf | ... | Candice |
 | Matt Roth | ... | Officer Crowe |
| Paul Dillon | ... | Neal Booker |
| Michael P. Byrne | ... | Barry |
| Anthony Cannata | ... | Ned |
| Greg Noonan | ... | Frank |
| Heather Schwartz | ... | Young Emma |
| Marilyn Dodds Frank | ... | Emma's Mother |
| Michael Stuart Kirkpatrick | ... | Michael |
| Sean C. Cleland | ... | Drover |
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106 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Finland:K-14 |
South Korea:18 |
Australia:M |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Germany:16 |
Singapore:M18 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Iceland:14 (original rating) |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
Canada:A (Ontario)
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Julia Roberts passed on the lead role.
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Continuity: When Aiden goes into the restroom after Emma, his handcuffs are hooked on his belt. When he leaves the handcuffs are gone.
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Detective John Hallstrom:
[to dead girl in tub] All right miss, I'm gonna make this quick. Who did this to you? Hmm? Not talking? All right, it's your funeral.
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Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)
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MY BAN CHNOIC EIRANNO
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As thrillers go this is above average. True, the premise is a "been there, done that" sort of thing with a romance between the detective and the potential victim with a serial killer in the shadows, etc. However there is just enough originality here added to solid performances by the stars to make it worthwhile.
Aidan Quinn (no relation to Anthony) plays a cute and quirky detective in the Windy City on the trail of a budding serial killer. Madeleine Stowe is a blue grass/Irish violinist blind since she was eight. As the movie opens she is about to get cornea transplants, and before long she can see, sort of, which is important since she has become a witness to murder. Some of what she sees are flashbacks to the day before, which makes her a problem witness for the police. Some other flashbacks are to when her mother smashed her face into a mirror for playing with her make-up. How sick is that? I presume this was dreamed up by Dana Stevens, who gets credit for the script, which is a kind of mishmash of clever lines and shlock dialogue as though two different people (or half a dozen) wrote it.
Michael Apted's direction is not inspired although it isn't all that bad either. But he doesn't develop the serial killer's personality, and so the weirdo's motivation seems a bit of a stretch. Also undeveloped is the doctor whose love for Stowe is unrequited. The main thing is the erotic chemistry between Stowe and Quinn, and the personality of Stowe's character, which is original and the best thing in the movie. I think this would have received a better reception had Quinn's character fallen in madly in love with the violinist. As it plays, we are not sure whether he really cares or not.
Madeleine Stowe is sexy and does a good job in a demanding role, probably the most demanding of her modest career. See it for her.