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The Life Before Her Eyes (2007) 6.3
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6.3/10 from 9,427 users
Metascore: 38/100
Reviews: 76 user | 76 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com A woman's survivor's guilt from a Columbine-like event twenty years ago causes her present-day idyllic life to fall apart. Director:Vadim Perelman |
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| Uma Thurman | ... |
Diana (Adult)
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| Evan Rachel Wood | ... |
Diana (Teen)
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| Eva Amurri Martino | ... |
Maureen
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| Gabrielle Brennan | ... |
Emma
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| Brett Cullen | ... |
Paul
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| Oscar Isaac | ... |
Marcus
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Jack Gilpin | ... |
Mr. McCleod
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| Maggie Lacey | ... |
Amanda (Adult)
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| John Magaro | ... |
Michael Patrick
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| Lynn Cohen | ... |
Sister Beatrice
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| Nathalie Paulding | ... |
Amanda (Teen)
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| Molly Price | ... |
Diana's Mother
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| Oliver Solomon | ... |
Detective
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| Anna Moore | ... |
Blonde Student
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| Isabel Keating | ... |
Maureen's Mother
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A dramatic thriller about Diana, a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life--and perhaps her sanity--on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies--cutting class,fantasizing about boys--and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. The older Diana, however, is haunted by the increasingly strained relationship she had with Maureen as day of the school shooting approached. These memories disrupt the idyllic life she's now leading with her professor husband Paul and their young daughter Emma. As older Diana's life begins to unravel and younger Diana gets closer and closer to the fatal day, a deeper mystery slowly unravels. Written by Marisa_Gabriella
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Your life can change in an instant. That instant can last forever. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for violent and disturbing content, language and brief drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
5 September 2008 (Poland) See more »Also Known As:
Sem Medo de Morrer See more »Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$20,220 (USA) (18 April 2008)Gross:
$303,439 (USA) (27 June 2008)Company Credits
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Young Diana: I did ok, I got the one about the heart...
Young Diana: I don't really think that's true though, Maureen - -about it being the strongest muscle...
Young Diana: [crying] I don't think in my case it is at all.
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Composed by Rod Argent
Performed by The Zombies
Publisher: Marquis Music Co. Ltd. for the World
Zombies recording licensed from Marquis Enterprises Ltd.
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At the start of the movie, when 'Uma Thruman''s character is flipping through radio stations, one of the songs you hear is "She's not there" by The Zombies (1964), which was covered under the title "About Her" by Malcolm McLaren. That cover was used in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 which Uma also starred in. See more »Quotes
Maureen: How did you do on that test?Young Diana: I did ok, I got the one about the heart...
Young Diana: I don't really think that's true though, Maureen - -about it being the strongest muscle...
Young Diana: [crying] I don't think in my case it is at all.
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"She's Not There"Composed by Rod Argent
Performed by The Zombies
Publisher: Marquis Music Co. Ltd. for the World
Zombies recording licensed from Marquis Enterprises Ltd.
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Just saw this in Kiev without knowing a thing (except it was in English) because Evan Rachel Wood is a great actress and going to be a major star. This has all the tension and nail-biting suspense of Rukrainian Vadim's House of Sand + Fog- too much considering the subject. Wood made her bones in this movie- being erotic, sharp, deep, beautiful, wounded, terrified in utterly effortless and unaffected acting. Uma is not my favorite actress- showing the deeply neurotic side of her that I think is real, but it works perfectly in this movie- as she displays the PTSD that every person back from Iraq knows too well. The parallel track of what is going on with her wanton, wild, and maybe damaged daughter adds more tension- has the poison of that event somehow soaked into her daughter? The cinematography is excellent as it charts the deep feelings between 2 best girlfriends, and the mystical internal turmoil over time and memory, now and then, real and illusion.
My only problem is that I know this subject intimately - I reviewed the book Copycat Effect: http://hammernews.com/copycateffect.htm , which proves that almost any publicity about these mass shootings causes kids and adults to reenact them, usually on anniversaries of previous events. "Eyes" showed the shootings again and again in lovingly graphic detail and I don't think this subject should get any major movie play- it's just too dangerous. See if, in a couple of years, some schoolyard shooter doesn't say he saw this movie 20 times.