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Eye
of the Beholder is a miserable and weak thriller. The Eye
(McGregor) is a lonely, isolated British intelligence agent
who has just been given a new assignment. His assignment is
to track JoAnna Eris (Judd), who is a woman suspected of blackmailing
the son of a senior British official. As The Eye begins to
follow her, he learns that she is far more than just a blackmailer.
Eris is a seductive, master of disguise serial killer. The
Eye cannot help but be fascinated by JoAnna. As he follows
JoAnna from town to town and from murder to murder, The Eye
becomes more and more obsessed with her. However, as closer
The Eye gets to JoAnna, the more dangerous his fantasy becomes.
Eye
of the Beholder is a flat out terrible movie. Nothing in this
film clicks at all. The script is dreadful, the direction
is poor, and the acting is dull.
Stephen
Elliott wrote and directed Eye of the Beholder. Elliott just
doesn't bring in an ensemble effort from the whole production
team. First all, the script is too complicated and weary.
I found myself trying to figure out any motive from the script.
The direction by Elliott is twisted and MTV like in some since,
but overall the sequencing is uneven and unorganized.
The
acting also fails in Eye of the Beholder. Ewan McGregor is
boring and tired as The Eye. I have never seen McGregor turn
in a bad performance until this film. Also, Ashley Judd's
attempt to become a sexy serial killer crumbles and hits rock
bottom. McGregor and Judd are talent performers, in their
defense, I believe that the two will have no problem bouncing
back after being in this embarrassment of a film. In addition
to, K.D. Lang makes her first acting attempt as The Eye's
surveillance buddy, Hil. Lang just needs to go back to her
music because her performance is awful. Lastly, Jason Priestley
gives an absurd performance as an abusive heroin addict.
I
just can't say anything except that this movie is really,
really horrible. It is just like torture sitting through Eye
of the Beholder, and of course the movie drags on and on.
Please do yourself a big favor and not waste your time or
money on this movie.
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Card Grade: F
Joseph
C (Beastman) Tucker
Copyright,
2000 Joseph C. Tucker, reprinted with kind permission
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