Ashley Judd, Ewan McGregor, Geneviève Bujold

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER is a startling journey into obsession, the story of an intelligence agent so taken with a beautiful killer he cannot bear to apprehend her. Set in the surreal world of a high-tech ...( read more  read more... )voyeur, the tale follows him across the county as he embarks on a desperate quest for this enigmatic femme fatale. Ewan McGregor stars as The Eye, a lonely, isolated British intelligence agent who has lost his wife and daughter, for which he blames his own unforgivable inaction. Yet detachment is part of the job. The Eye's current mission is to track Joanna Eris, a woman suspected of blackmailing the son of a senior British official. But Eris is far more than a blackmailer. She is a seductive, shadowy master of disguises, a frenzied murderer, a lost orphan and an abject mystery whose rage is as fierce as her beauty. The Eye cannot help but be fascinated by Joanna - especially when a surveillance photo of her seems to reveal the ghostly image of his long-lost daughter, whose absence haunts him. In his deepest fantasies, their two fates as lost souls are somehow connected. As he follows Joanna from murder to murder, the more The Eye finds that he needs to watch her. Not capture her. Not speak to her. But watch her, becoming inexorably more and more obsessed with what he sees. He shadows Joanna without ever letting her know he is there - except that sometimes unexpected turns of fate make it seem as if she has a guardian angel watching over her. But the closer The Eye gets to Joanna's life, the more dangerous his fantasy becomes. Soon he begins to meddle in her existence, taking action, altering her fate. Yet to catch her would be to lose her, something The Eye cannot allow again in his life. So the odyssey continues . . . until the pursuer and the pursued find themselves on a perilous crash course.

Flixster Users

36% liked it

9,202 ratings

Critics

9% liked it

85 critics

R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Stephan Elliott, Stephen Elliott

Release Date: January 28, 2000

Invite friends to see

DVD Release Date: May 23, 2000

Get It:

Stats: 392 reviews

Get movie widget Recommend it Add to Favorites

Your Rating



clear rating
Share on: Facebook Twitter

Flixster Reviews (392)


  • February 5, 2009
    Boring. The only thing that redeeming about it was some of the clever camera work otherwise I would have given it a zero. I think it was trying to be too many things at once. It was horribly slow and I had to start doing something else just to stay awake. It was made in 2000 but ...( read more)it plays like some trashy 90s film, it looks a lot older than it is.
  • August 9, 2008
    Really slow-moving and not very many exciting parts. I didn't even think the acting was good.
  • September 13, 2007
    rather disappointing considering the leads.
  • January 7, 2007
    Did anyone like this movie? I doubt it, was recommended to me by a friend who must have been dropped on his head as a child.
  • November 7, 2006
    Interestingly great.
  • October 14, 2009
    Approach this film not as straightforward narrative, but as a stalker's version of reality. To his "victim" he is really a guardian angel protecting her from harm (e.g., other men). And his eyes, far from violating her privacy, guide her out of danger.
  • October 1, 2009
    Talk about a stalker movie from hell...However, it keeps you entertained"
  • August 4, 2009
    Probably one of the strangest movies to debut at the top of the box office- the movie is almost too bizarre to not maintain your interest. Judd and McGregor are game, but it's really up to the viewer to decide if they are up for something that doesn't really lead anywhere. Worth ...( read more)a watch if you're up for experimental, if not always successful movie making.
  • May 29, 2009
    Bit lame. Disappointed.
  • April 23, 2009
    Usually I enjoy Ashley Judd's films, but this one was garbage.

Critic Reviews


May 11, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

In trying to both inflame and indict our morbid curiosity, Elliott fails to make the needed connection between the audience and a peeper who has lost his moral balance. full review

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Eye of the Beholder attempts to convey emotional dislocation and passion at the same time. All we get is distance. full review

January 1, 2000
Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly

Eye of the Beholder more or less throws Vertigo, The Conversation, Body Double, and -- so help me -- Duel in the Sun into a blender and hits puree.

View more Eye of the Beholder reviews at RottenTomatoes.com

Comments


This board looks lonely. Be the first to talk about "Eye of the Beholder" !

Critic ratings and reviews powered by RottenTomatoes.com

Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)

Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)

Official Trailer

More Like This


Click a thumb to vote on that suggestion, or add your own suggestions.

  • Feeling Minnesota
    Feeling Minnesota (100%)
  • Mortelle Randonnee (Deadly Circuit) (Deadly Run)
    Mortelle Randonnee (Deadly Circuit) (Deadly R... (0%)
  • He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (À la folie... pas du tout)
    He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (À la folie... p... (100%)
  • Birthday Girl
    Birthday Girl (100%)

Facts


No facts approved yet. Be the first

Eye of the Behold... : Watch Free on TV


Eye of the Beholder Trivia


  • 'Eye of the Beholder' is a Ewan McGregor movie.  Answer »

Movie Quizzes


No quizzes for Eye of the Beholder. Want to create one?

Video Clips


No video clips yet. Want to upload one?

Recent News


No recent headlines. Got one?

Most Popular Skin


No skins yet. Interested in creating one?