
The violinist Sydney Wells has been blind since she was five years old due to an accident. She submits to a surgery of cornea transplantation to recover her vision, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she's having strange visions. With the support of Dr. Paul Faulkner, Sidney finds who the donor of her eyes and begins a journey to find out the truth behind her visions.... (Full plot summary below)
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The violinist Sydney Wells has been blind since she was five years old due to an accident. She submits to a surgery of cornea transplantation to recover her vision, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she's having strange visions. With the support of Dr. Paul Faulkner, Sidney finds who the donor of her eyes and begins a journey to find out the truth behind her visions.
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| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeA quirkily efficient genre exercise that knows exactly where and when to administer its cattle-prod shivers. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliUnfortunately, the final act (the Mexico sequences) illustrate where to take a ghost story if you want to exchange old-fashioned horror for a grilled cheese sandwich. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe most vivid aspect of The Eye is its poster image, that of a huge female eye with a human hand gripping the lower lid from the inside. The least vivid aspect is the way Jessica Alba delivers a simple line of expository dialogue. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattIt's as if, on the umpteenth Asian-horror Xerox, the ink has run dry. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisTheir movie is watchable - never more gratuitously so than when Alba is filmed showering and slipping into a tank top. But we've been here before, no? |
| VarietyDennis HarveyThis slick effort is effectively creepsome until it bogs down somewhat in plot explication. |
| The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe major problem is the death of a horror film: It's startling, but not particularly scary. |
| PremiereGlenn KennyA tediously noisesome English-language remake of an Asian horror picture that wasn't any great shakes to begin with. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIt's hard to know who bears the brunt of the blame for The Eye's stunning dullness. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSacrifices the quietly creepy qualities of the original in favor of ramped-up horror film techniques that by now seem distressingly familiar. |