The Eyes of My Mother

In my own personal opinion, I thought this movie was too grim, gross and depressing to be entertaining. It's characters with mental illness hurting one another throughout. There were beautiful, poetic parts to it, and the tragic story was well made, beautifully photographed and you can see a lot of care and money went into it. BUT for me, the sadness and grossness of the story was just too much for me.I like horror movies that are entertaining. This wasn't entertainment this was simply 'Let's see how uncomfortable and icky we can make the viewer feel,' along the lines of Human Centipede, which I really disliked immensely. Don't take my word for it, I believe never listen to people's opinions about movies. Formulate your own, but don't expect a feelgood experience. If you like feeling icky this one's for you!

First of all, this is not a horror movie. I have seen many serial killer movies and none of them were classified as horror, why this one? There is not a lot of intelligence in the movie making business these days, the movie makers think that because it is in B&W it is creative and artsy, give me a break. This movie should have been in color, Dexter is much more gory and bloody than this movie. Also, the editing was down right pitiful, must have been their first job editing, it is completely amateurish. It is very improbable that an older (very senior) man, with no weapons, would get the upper hand on a very much younger, deranged, man, who has a gun. Or, a 7-8 year old girl overpowers a thirty year old man and maims him severely, and she doesn't even get a scratch. Apparently the director did not know how to explain those either, so, they just edited it out and expect you to not notice; just simply swallow what they are feeding you. People, don't be fooled, just because a movie is in B&W and it moves at a glacial pace and dwells too long on a scene (again, bad editing), doesn't give it a pass for sloppy movie making. Yeah, there are some gross scenes in this movie, like people eating feces gross (that is just an an analogy, it didn't happen in the film), but that's because the director purposely lingers too long on the gross parts just to evoke an unpleasant feeling; you know, manipulate you into thinking it is more disturbing than it actually is. We all have seen gross, disgusting stuff, we just don't stare at it. But, what is really a tragedy, is that there is someone twisted enough to think of this garbage and then convince others that it should be made into a movie and shared with the public. Oh yeah, Hollywierd's favorite passion these days, that they shove down our throats in every movie or TV series, It's in here too. Why? Curiosity won't kill you, but it will make you regret your decision to watch this.

This is a hard one to sum up. I can see what a lot of the reviewers have said about it relying on the black and white to set it apart. I kept thinking throughout the movie how it might be pretty unremarkable if it had been done in color. But it wasn't. It's very stark and sharp and the B&W cinematography adds a whole dimension to the film. In the end, if the movie seemed good because of the way it looked more than the story or the horror elements, so what? It WAS good, if it used B&W as a crutch, I don't really care because it manages to set itself apart.But it's not like the story and the horror aren't both there. There were some moments that really made me squirm and with the very short running time, it held a good pace. I don't think it's all that some people are talking it up to be, but I can't really get behind the idea that it's a crappy flick that only seems cool because of the way it was shot. Not bad. I've spent more money on worse ways to kill 90 minutes.

I waited years for this movie to come out and after I read the brief description way before it was released I knew I had to see it. A young girl at a very early age loses her mother after being viciously killed, her father slowly loses the will to live and slowly dies a lonely death. The young girl now a grown woman only knows what it is like to be alone and does everything in her power to keep those around her close..even if it kills her.This movie is twisted and spooky and at the same time calls for some sadness. The main character loses her mother in a vicious way and has to grow up very quickly missing out on so many things. Without spoiling anything I will say that I had to google many parts of this movie as sometimes it was hard to keep up on just what was happening and I am glad I did. It was so well done.. and it was what you did not see that was horrifying.The black and white tone was just perfect along with the music and the camera work. This is an old school horror thriller done so extremely well. A must see

This is a remarkable debut for director Nicolas Pesce, one that reveals a strong personal vision. The film is both extremely disturbing and beautifully composed - the stark black and white photography etches the unforgettable images into the psyche. Some of the most harrowing events are ones that aren't even shown on the screen, but they are, nevertheless, planted deep in the imagination, where they won't soon be forgotten. The film is steeped in atmosphere and poetic dread, and although this is definitely a work of psychological horror, where gruesome and unspeakable acts are performed, it's far removed from torture porn - it manages to inspire empathy for its damaged and deranged heroine, communicating her extreme isolation. And, amazingly, this is all wrapped within a beautiful and haunting aesthetic. I watched the film a second time and my appreciation only grew.

This movie is smart. I saw no mistakes. The child actor and adult actor both played Francesca consistently. There was some gore in the movie, but no jump scares. Francesca moves slowly and fluidly, so her actions do not seem frightening. To her, they are not. In the end, I felt sorry for Francesca.

Ein auf spezielle Art und Weise wunderschöner Film!Der Film läuft komplett in schwarz weiß und glasklarem Bild...Zum Film möchte ich nicht viel sagen- grandiose Schauspielleistung von Kika Magalhaes,sehr Stimmungsvolle Kameraeinstellungen,beklemmende Atmosphäre!Kurz: Ein Film nicht für jedermann,schwache bzw sensible Gemüter sollten den Film meiden.

First I’m going to give this five stars, why I don’t know.Second if for some reason you have a weak stomach please do not watch, the bad stuff is mostly of camera.but in your mind if you can’t figure it out to know what’s happing you shouldn’t be a watcher of movies.this is a very desperate an deprave victim of unfortunate circumstance of loneliness an isolation.the mind don’t only play with this victim it makes her the enemy of us,because what you see is not what you think is your best friend but your worst enemy.like I said before its very chilling an disturbing movie that’s slightly boarding on child endangerment to the extreme.but thank goodness its running time is limited to one hour an sixteen minutes..the first ten or twenty minutes is slow but when the real crime approach look out..I don’t know how or if I should say I love it or loth it. but I will not say I don’t like, because the things that people do..never astound me,Writer director Nicolas Pesce’s (I should say a young Pesce’s) debut movie is an unnerving account of how lonelinessis the worst case scenario. Kika Magalhaes as (Francisca) was so outstanding and so real its Scary.Don’t Look At The Eyes..English 5.1 DTS-HDRuntime 76 Min.Widescreen 2.39:1

Film poco conosciuto in Italia ovviamente per la vergognosa distribuzione del paese nostrano. Se siete veri amanti di cinema non potrete non amarlo, perturbante, ossessivo, sembra un nuovo Eraserhead. Stupendo

Kleine Produktion, großes Ergebnis, ich glaube sogar ein Debütfilm? Regisseur im Auge behalten :)

Wurde schnell geliefert und schnell gesichtet.Der Film ist relativ bald angesehen, die Bilder im Kopf, bleiben dafür länger...