Monday, March 27, 2000

Review – Eye of the Beholder

One thing you can say for most thrillers is that they’re a fairly straightforward lot. Sure, they’ll include all kinds of nonsensical plot twists and obscure character motivations in a usually lame attempt to keep the audience guessing. But at least they decide where they’re going and almost always get there eventually. This thriller, on the other hand, never quite seems to make up its mind. Is it an erotic murder mystery? Is it a stalker movie? Heck, by the end it almost seems to be turning into a relationship picture with a hearty dose of caper thrown in for good measure. Even the motives of the monomaniacal-man-obsessed-with-beautiful-woman are at best a little hazy and at worst downright obscure. Maybe it could have passed itself off as a dark comedy if it had contained even the slightest hint of a sense of humor. As it was, the characters were too ill-defined and the plot not sufficiently interesting to keep the movie moving. See if desperate

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