The Life Before Her Eyes

But its hard to maintain interest through the overbearing foreshadowing, the pointlessly repeated footage, James Horners exhaustingly ominous soundtrack, and the worst use of a professorial lecture to explain a films psychological underpinnings since Jade. ( Read More )

Marjorie Baumgarten

Thurman and Wood both deliver strong performances and make for believable versions of the same person at different stages of her life. ( Read More )

Joe Neumaier

As lovely and spooky as Wood is, the most beguiling she has been since her breakthrough in Thirteen, and as natural as Amurri is (shes Susan Sarandons daughter), they cant overcome such wispiness. ( Read More )

Matthew Turner

In fact, its even more annoying if you figure it out halfway through, because then you spend the whole film praying youll be proved wrong.In addition, the school shooting set up seems remarkably crass and ends up leaving a bad taste in the mouth.The Life Before Her Eyes is something of a disaster, thanks to a poorly conceived script and a badly misjudged ending. ( Read More )

Steven Rea

There are two very fine performances here Woods and Amurris but theyre not strong enough to rise above the metaphor laden script. ( Read More )