Eye of the Beholder (1999)

A private eye shadows a female serial killer of men all over the U.S. without her knowing as he, strangely enough, occasionally acts as her guardian angel.

Director:

Stephan Elliott

Writers:

Marc Behm (novel), Stephan Elliott (screenplay)

Stars:

Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergin

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ewan McGregor	...	Stephen Wilson / Eye
Ashley Judd	...	Joanna Eris
Patrick Bergin	...	Alexander Leonard
Geneviève Bujold	...	Dr. Jeanne Brault
k.d. lang	...	Hilary
Jason Priestley	...	Gary
Anne-Marie Brown	...	Lucy Wilson
Kaitlin Brown	...	Lucy Wilson
David Nerman	...	Mickey Argyle
Steven McCarthy	...	Paul Hugo
Vlasta Vrana	...	Mr. Hugo Sr.
Janine Theriault	...	Nathy
Don Jordan	...	Toohey
Maria Revelins	...	Ms. Keenan
Lisa Forget	...	Nurse

Storyline

British Consulate investigator Det. Stephen Wilson, a.k.a. the Eye, comes across a disturbed lady serial-killer while on an otherwise mundane assignment. Already a bit psychologically fragile from his wife's abrupt removal of herself and their daughter from his life (with the lingering memory of his daughter haunting him like a manifest ghost), his psychosis as a displaced dad dovetails with the femme fatale's psychosis as an abandoned daughter (crying "Merry Christmas, Daddy" over her expired victims). A bond forms, or, rather, an obsession, as the Eye abandons his job to secretively stalk this mysterious woman full-time as she visits many major U.S. cities under various names, leaving numerous victims.

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Plot Keywords:

daughter | female serial killer | psychosis | serial killer | obsession | 

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Taglines:

Obsession is in the eye of the beholder.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some strong violence, sexuality, language and brief drug content

Details

Official Sites:

Urban Cinefile (Australia)

Country:

Canada UK Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 January 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Voyeur

Filming Locations:

Death Valley, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£103,455 (UK) (9 June 2000)

Gross:

£103,455 (UK) (9 June 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ambridge Film Partnership, Behaviour Worldwide, Destination Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The director originally wanted Massive Attack to do the music for the film, but the group had broken up by the time the film was ready for scoring.

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Goofs

A Chicago policeman says he's with the Federal Police. The United States does not have a federal police force.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Joanna: Merry Christmas, Daddy.

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Crazy Credits

As the end credits roll, we see a statue of an angel with the sun setting in the sky in the background.

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Connections

Remake of Deadly Circuit (1983)

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Soundtracks

"Busker's Song"
(The End of the World)
Performed by Dr. Robert
Produced by Marius De Vries
Saxophone by Oriol Singhji
Accordion by Marius De Vries
Guitar by Dr. Robert

User Reviews

Glad I didn't read the reviews first.

It always amazes me how two people can see the same movie and come away with totally opposing opinions of it.

I ran across Eye of the Beholder (1999) this evening on TNT totally by accident - and couldn't stop watching it. A combination of atmosphere and acting got my attention immediately. The plot is definitely unusual

• a bit convoluted - but held my attention like no movie since Memento

(2000) has.

This movie is obviously not for everyone - just look at the other reviews both by IMDb users and other external reviews. But by no means is it as bad as some will have you believe. Watch it with an open mind

• it may surprise you.