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Synopsis: A reclusive surveillance expert (Ewan McGregor) is hired to spy on a mysterious blackmailer (AshleyJudd), who just may be a serial killer. Directed by Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert).

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd

Supporting actors: Patrick Bergin, Genevieve Bujold, k.d. lang, Jason Priestley

Directed by: Stephan Elliott

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes

Release year: 2000

Studio: Destination Films

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MPAA Rating: Rated R for some strong violence, sexuality, language and brief drug content

ASIN: B000NMTWZE

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Eye of the Beholder DVD ~ Ashley Judd

2.4 out of 5 stars (192) $5.71

Theatrical Release Information

US Theatrical Release Date: January 28, 2000
MPAA: Rated R for some strong violence, sexuality, language and brief drug content
Production Company: Ambridge Film Partnership, Behaviour Worldwide, Destination Films, Eye of the Beholder Ltd., Filmline International, Hit & Run Productions, Village Roadshow Pictures
USA Box Office: $ 16 Million
Filming Locations: Death Valley, California, USA | Montréal, Québec, Canada | Monts Valin, Saguenay, Québec, Canada | New York City, New York, USA | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Québec City, Québec, Canada | San Francisco, California, USA | Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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1.0 out of 5 stars Two psychotics find a deeper psychosis, June 17, 2000

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This movie is so bad that I'm sure that someone will like it. A twelve-year-old's idea of an "art" film. Lots of cute effects and disconnected scenes, as one crazy stalks another for far too long. For me it just went from bad to horrid to utterly awful, finishing with an ending that plumbed the depths of pointlessness....

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1.0 out of 5 stars Pointless, May 31, 2000

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This movie is probably the worst storyline I have ever seen. Ewan MacGregor follows Ashley Judd around for months, spying on her & supposedly keeping her safe from harm. He looks into her background - finds out she was abandoned as a child by her father, feels empathy for her - because his wife took off with his daughter. A daughter he imagines seeing throughout the entire movie. There is no real plot, other thank that and the ending is pathetic. "I wish you love", indeed! Do not waste your money or time on this movie.

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1.0 out of 5 stars It does matter who plays a role., April 18, 2002

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Jessica Davis (Las Cruces, NM) - See all my reviews

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...it protrays a wicked serial killer but spends most of its time focusing on how someone might sympathize with her, not on either condemning her or objectively portraying the grisly nature of her crimes. There are no grounds of sympathy for her, but the movie seems to portray her as somehow understandably worthy of sympathy, by running by us the VAGUEST suggestions that something from her past "made her what she is". But leaving that something so vague just compounds the already gross impertinance of pointing to any "reason" why anyone should treat her sympathetically. She even seduces and kills a blind man, for heaven's sake! Secondly, when we look at good and worthy movie portrayals of mass murderers, we can be confident that the actor IS acting, for pete's sake. When Anthony Hopkins played Hannibal Lecter, that WAS acting, we all know that, don't we? He was above suspicion that he the actor was just acting out his ultimate fantasy. If a movie is to be made about a female serial killer of men, it might have a chance (with better writing than this!) to succeed similarly if cast in the killer role were some versatile actress like Jodie Foster or Laura Dern. Then we could know that it was acting. But take an actress who prides herself on a self-chosen nickname of "ball-buster" and cast her in that role, and it seems less like acting than playing out her fondest fantasy! That is what makes this so grisly and macabre. If such an actress is to play a killer at all, let's at least make it seem like acting by having her kill some women as well as men, or maybe having her hijack a plane with both men and women on board, or let her pressure-boil someone's pet rabbit. But this movie must be a sort of one-up-manship that intentionally blurs the distinction between performer and role. I've sometimes liked one-up-mansnip when it was comedy, but this is just sickening. We were badly in need of seeing Ashley Judd prove that she has a human soul above the haunting suspicion that her movie roles are a terrifying window into her psyche. I still hold out hope that she will do that. But this movie is reallly a downturn in any road to that happening, just when we least needed it.

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