Close Your Eyes

Name: Close Your Eyes
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Crime
Released: April 23, 2004
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Goran Visnjic, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson

2004

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First Look International | Release Date: April 23, 2004 | R

Starring: Goran Visnjic, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson

Summary: Hypnotherapist Dr Michael Strother (Visnjic) has a dangerous gift; he gets flashes from the inside of his patients' minds. The thrills start when Strothers, whilst trying to help a police detective stop smoking, sees in her mind an image of a young girl floating below the surface of a stream. He is soon caught up in the detective's pursuitHypnotherapist Dr Michael Strother (Visnjic) has a dangerous gift; he gets flashes from the inside of his patients' minds. The thrills start when Strothers, whilst trying to help a police detective stop smoking, sees in her mind an image of a young girl floating below the surface of a stream. He is soon caught up in the detective's pursuit of a ritualistic killer who believes he has found the secret of immortality. (First Look Media)… Expand

Director: Nick Willing

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 108 min

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David Sterritt

Strong acting and smartly tuned-in directing turn a run-of-the-mill detective story into a striking, sometimes harrowing blend of horror and suspense. Read full review

Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf

If you happen to be seeking a fairly cute film concerning occultism, torture, and murder, here ya go. Read full review

David Rooney

An enjoyable throwback to the occult psychological horror-thrillers of the late 1970s. While it flirts often with campy excess, the film remains compelling thanks to its chilly mood, stylish visuals and polished production values. Read full review

William Arnold

Visnjic is charismatic, sympathetic and believable in the role, and the first part of the film -- in which he's being drawn into the case against his will and then use his hypnotic skills to get inside the mind of the little girl -- is quite riveting. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Before it goes down in a soggy mess of scary movie cliches and insultingly stupid plot contrivances, director and co-writer Nick Willing's adaptation of Madison Smartt Bell's novel Dr. Sleep gets in some good, seriously creepy licks. Read full review

Stephen Holden

With such plodding dialogue, there's little the actors can do to surmount the falsity, although Ms. Shaw, in her brief appearances, almost succeeds. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Adapted - badly and unfaithfully - Close Your Eyes is a convoluted jumble of paranormal psychology, occultism and pagan symbolism, topped off with a quest for immortality. Read full review

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NistnesusA.

Feb 4, 2006

suberb movie!

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aimeeebron

Nov 25, 2015

This is a fun movie. A little horror, a little thriller, a little drama and a little action... Goran Visnjic is amazing, playing one of the lead characters, he won me over with his performance here. Close Your Eyes really shines if you have read the book and you see that the producers haveThis is a fun movie. A little horror, a little thriller, a little drama and a little action... Goran Visnjic is amazing, playing one of the lead characters, he won me over with his performance here. Close Your Eyes really shines if you have read the book and you see that the producers have been faithful to the original material. Maybe a few tweaks here and there, but most of the basis has been kept and the adaptations were bearable. I'd like to see another movie with Goran Visnjic like that.… Expand

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