Yet more desperate grasping at career ballast from rent-a-babe Jessica Alba. Here she plays Sydney Wells, a blind violinist whose sight is restored when she receives a new pair of eyes, but – shock horror! – they used to belong to some mental Mexican lady, and now our foxy heroine is having weirdo flashbacks. If Alba really wants to make a name for herself as a Proper Actress then she should start by avoiding this kind of cookie-cutter genre rubbish. The Eye is a desperately unoriginal Sixth Sense meets The Ghost Whisperer knock-off that also manages to mine the tired cliché that blindness instils some sort of Daredevil-esque super sensory power. It’s feckless and bland, much like its leading lady.
The Eye
Released
April 24
April 24
Directed By
David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Starring Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey
David Moreau, Xavier Palud
Starring Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Parker Posey
It’s also a “desperately unoriginal… knock-off” in the sense that it is a Hollywood remake of the Pang brothers’ The Eye (2002) - which was one of the better Asian horrors of its day. The original has already spawned two Asian sequels, so we can probably expect a whole reimagined American franchise to follow, with all the diminishing returns that such a concept implies…
Written by Anton Bitel on April 24th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Jessica Alba should get together with Josh Hartnett - a man of sparkling wit, and the finest actor of his generation.
Written by Jon on April 25th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Don’t taint Hartnett with the Alba brush.
Written by Graham on April 25th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Hi Anton
I missed The Eye when I managed to confuse it with My Little Eye. I spent the whole time watching this crap pseudo-snuff movie while being confused at the fact that everybody was American.
Another fascinating but true story…
Written by Matt on April 29th, 2008 at 3:13 pm