Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Pat I thought that this was an excellent film. I couldn't get it out of my mind for days. The descriptive blurb does not do it justice perhaps making it sound like a sentimental formulaic chick-flick. Which it is not. It is in turns buoyant and sad and links tragically to the death of teenagers. If it hits any discordant notes for you, just keep watching. The production and the acting are , as will be revealed, pretty faultless. You may find that the film continues in your mind after The End. And you could start having your own "flashbacks" as you start to explain it in your own way. However, it is not one of of those irritating endings where the film just stops because they ran out of ideas or money. You have been brought to a definite end and you have to review the process that brought you there.

Raul Faust Well, "The Life Before Her Eyes" is a psychological thriller that really surprised me. At first, it has a original plot that involves the past and the future of a girl who-- supposedly-- survived in a slaughter. The story keeps going back to the past and to the future; in most movies, it tends to turn the story boring, but in here it doesn't happen. In fact, the game of going back and on causes one thing in the spectator: a feeling of mystery. Well, isn't that what we all expect from a suspenseful thriller? Also, the good directing utilizes a weird soundtrack in order to provoke some tension, and it never fails; in some scenes, there were plenty of possibilities of what was happening. The acting is great for the most of the time, and some characterizations made the film feel nostalgic and human. However, what I really enjoyed about it was the ending. It was somehow possible to be seen coming, but it surely surprised the spectator that isn't used with this kind of mystery. All in all, "The Life Before Her Eyes" is a film that satisfies, entertains and gives a surprising outcome, and I'm thinking about reading the book to know the original story-- and that's something I rarely feel like doing, so you may understand why I consider it so special.

dartleyk you've seen the basic plot; young uma hears from pal he's going to bring guns and shoot people; she doesn't say anything; after endlessly long shots of computers, very, very slowly panning down to desk, ponderously down the chairs, finally to the floor, we discover- after machine guns and screams, that there are people dead; finally corned, uma gives up her best friend when the but says which one will i kill (someone watched sophie's choice); so back and forth we go, young uma, mom uma, and for some reason countless shots of diving into a pool and watching the hair flow in the water; there is a lot of that who knows why; but mainly who would you possibly be interested in in theis movie? there are no minor characters developed; uma's teenage pal is an airhead, young uma not much better, and as gorn up torments everyone around her because she said kill my friend not me; this is someone you care about? specially as it is the obvious basis for the movie and dragged out in endless flashbacks until the end of the movie- as if you couldn't see it coming in the first 10 minutes, a la back to that scene rerunning five more words of dialogue each time until... yes, we knew that long, long ago; faux near ending being that uma recalls that she was the one shot- leaving viewer to think 1. if the movie is all not true and uma was really shot, then how come uma the mom exists and why doid we have to watch the lie? or, 2. uma to cope pretends she was shot, and... so what? overall- tedious, endless diving into pools with flowing hair, repetitive (many scenes shown 3 and 4 times), obvious, sophomoric

Mia Hargreave This movie is boring and dumb. First of all; ominous background music all through a film does not make a thriller! And the ending, honestly... Have movies with surprise/twist endings become so fashionable that the rest of the movie doesn't even matter anymore? Granted, the movie does contain some poetic cinematography, but pretty close-ups of flowers and bees does not make the story any better or more exciting - it just makes the film pretentious and boring. In my opinion, watching this movie is a complete waste of 90 minutes. Life is too short for stupid movies like this one.And c'mon Uma - why are you in this movie???