Take My Eyes
New Yorker Films | Release Date: March 17, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
Actors Laia Marull and Luis Tosar explore the intricate details of a relationship based on the laws of attraction and repulsion, in which the intellect is repeatedly devastated by primal passion. Read full review
90
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
A harrowing drama spun from the most mundane material. Read full review
88
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Harrowing, psychologically astute drama. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
An extraordinarily truthful and piercing drama. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
What makes the movie fascinating is that it doesn't settle for a soap opera resolution to this story, with Pilar as the victim, Antonio as the villain, and evil vanquished. It digs deeper and more painfully. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
This tale of domestic abuse breaks little new stylistic or psychological ground, but it is a searing, well-acted drama that should strike universal chords. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The story isn't exactly new, but Bollain, an actress in her own right, keeps Take My Eyes from sinking into clichés. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Take My Eyes might look and sound like an earnest message movie, but its bone-deep understanding of the tricky psychology of abuse feels effortlessly authentic. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
While hardly glorifying abusive husbands, Take My Eyes, a mesmerizing and deeply disturbing film from Spain, makes an attempt to understand their thought processes. Read full review
70
VarietyJonathan Holland
Handles the subject of domestic violence with intelligence and compassion. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJorge Morales
A disturbing take on domestic violence. Read full review
60
Film ThreatStaff (Not credited)
Marull's Pilar is quietly powerful and agonizingly terrorized as the '50s-style wife muted and bound by duty. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
The director, Iciar Bollain, who wrote the screenplay with Alicia Luna, invests Antonio with humanity, which would be more impressive if she had paid more attention to exploring the darker recesses of Pilar's inner life. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
If Take My Eyes explored how a woman could still feel for a man who abused her, it might have gripped us with its difficult truths. But the movie presents Pilar and Antonio's marriage as a stale, neurotic dead end. Read full review
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