Utterly fascinating

Rating: 9/10 (15 July 1999)

Could not take my eyes off the screen, they were wide open at all times, so was my mind. All viewers of Eyes should have a wide open mind. It's a complex film that not all will appreciate, but the more open you are to - whatever - the more apt you are to enjoy this tale of love, sex, jealousy and fear. Things do not always move at a snappy pace and a few scenes could have been cut in half, but if you love the art of film and admire Kubrick in any way, you've got to appreciate what he was trying to do even if the outcome is not to your liking. The music and some scenes - the masked figures nodding(to name just one)- will stick with me for a long time. I never thought one note on a piano key could make me sit up so straight. I want to see it again, but I think it may be a hard sell for the mall movie gang.