Stranger Eyes
Film Movement | Release Date: August 29, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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80
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinAug 6, 2025
What saves this from being just best-of list bait for upmarket film critics is the sincerity of the performances, especially from the core trio of Wu, Lee and Panna, each of whom projects a profound loneliness that’s never more apparent than when they’re in the middle of a crowded place. Which, this being Singapore, is just about everywhere. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeAug 6, 2025
Solving one mystery unexpectedly quickly before diving into deeper, more searching uncertainties of human behavior and relationships, the third feature from Singaporean writer-director Yeo Siew Hua gradually reveals a broken heart beneath its sleek, chilly veneer. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergAug 29, 2025
Always intriguing, Stranger Eyes proves stronger on concept than coherence. Perhaps the loose ends are Yeo’s way of suggesting that a film director, too, lacks omniscience. Read full review
70
Film ThreatAlan NgAug 29, 2025
Yeo Siew Hua shows that surveillance isn’t only about control—it’s also about how we see ourselves through someone else’s eyes. In the end, the film leaves us unsettled with the idea that being watched doesn’t just change how we act, it changes who we become. Read full review
67
The Film StageLeonardo GoiJul 31, 2025
Stranger Eyes belongs to Lee. Whether or not Yeo wrote it with him in mind, I can’t think of a better performer to flesh out the chasm that powers the film: between different ways of looking, between fears as old as time itself and the state-of-the-art technology used to bring them to light. Read full review
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Slant MagazineCole KronmanSep 23, 2024
Lee Kang-sheng’s performance is the emotional and physical lodestone of a film about the fraught ambiguities of seeing through a one-way mirror. Read full review
40
ColliderEmma KielyOct 11, 2024
Stranger Eyes is a cold, disjointed, and stale mystery thriller with a thin plot and no atmosphere. Read full review
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