Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos) (Permanent Midnight)

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Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos) (Permanent Midnight)

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Eduardo Noriega, Penelope Cruz

A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.

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  • QueenCityFilms
    April 12, 2009
    QueenCityFilms
    Better than Vanilla Sky fooooo shoooo. No goofy pop music that takes you out of the movie plus no Tom Cruise = BETTA BABY.

    Loved Massive Attack - Rising son in the club scene. In fact, the whole club scene was MUCH better in this one. Even though this movie made the plot more...( read more) clear and obvious (taking away some of the mystery), it's just a more solid movie.

    I LOVE PENELOPE CRUZ' TITS.

    Sorry. I calls it likes I sees it.
  • 76Majikat
    January 3, 2009
    76Majikat
    I hadn't realised that Vanilla Sky had been a remake when I'd watched it, but shortly into this film, it became very familiar.

    Interestingly Peneleope Cruz plays the same role in both versions of the film and the similarities do not end there, as pretty much the whole film is ...( read more)like for like, just on a smaller scaled budget.

    I always find a remake interesting when it originates from a different language.
  • susanriley
    August 5, 2008
    susanriley
    I liked the ending better than Vanilla Sky. Even with the far out plot, I found this one to much more coherent and relatable. I think the only thing Vanilla Sky has over this are visuals.
  • 366weirdmovies
    April 28, 2008
    366weirdmovies
    After a handsome playboy suffers a disfiguring accident, he finds it increasingly difficult to distibguish reality from his nightmares. Well-scripted mindbender has emotional depth and carries the viewer along to a conclusion that successfully ties up loose ends. In Spanish wit...( read more)h subtitles.
  • drago25
    February 10, 2008
    drago25
    I'm glad that it's been several years since I saw Vanilla Sky (the American remake), and that it wasn't especially memorable, because having forgotten most of the plot I could enjoy the original without having to compare them (as such I won't compare them in this review, either)....( read more) The beauty of this film is that, along with the excellent script, it's made exceptionally well in that: although certain points of the plot do get somewhat complicated, the director never allows the details to overpower the essence of the story, or to convolute the beauty of what is on screen. Indeed, though there is science involved and it's somewhat of a mystery film, it remains very ethereal and exists on a higher plane than the typical thriller/mystery fare. The film stars Eduardo Noriega as a very dashing, wealthy man who, after finding the love of his love (in the form of Penelope Cruz, who played the same role in the remake), is involved in a car crash and has his face, which for him is his livelihood, largely destroyed. The film raises a ton of questions in its running, but has the good sense to answer them to some degree, but also to leave the film very much up to interpretation. Such ambiguousness really permeates the entire film and gives it an existential twinge. As I said, the film is often exquisitely beautiful, and the soundtrack matches its aesthetic very well. The acting from both leads (and several of the supporting actors) is top-notch, though I had the same problem I've had with every film starring Penelope Cruz: she's just so damned beautiful I'm often in danger of being distracted from the rest of the film completely! My own fault, though. So this is a great film, and since I can barely remember anything about Vanilla Sky, I think it's pretty safe to say the original is very much superior.
  • redafatah4
    December 25, 2009
    redafatah4
    allah w akbar
    laelah ela allah mohamed rasoul allah
  • creymc
    December 25, 2009
    creymc
    Wow! This is what I call a movie to keep you with open eyres entirely. It is real or only a dream? I need to watch it once again! Penelope does a great job...
  • jvs31
    December 15, 2009
    jvs31
    It is interesting with directors and producers do with the common feelings and challenges of mankind. Pain, suffering, the frustration of finding true love, feelings of unworthiness. They deal with guilt and the desire to find liberation and eternal life. However the serious r...( read more)esolutions are not found in this movie. I for one have found peace with God and myself through my faith in Christ. I look forward to a new life where sorrow will be forgotten but until then I love sharing my hope in the Savior of all men.
  • susangarcia34
    November 28, 2009
    susangarcia34
    If that happen to you Its so! wow what a waste .But if you do really love him no matter what you will still love him for what he is ! And that's me .
  • senge2002
    November 13, 2009
    senge2002
    The stuff romance is made of...well, well, well, worth every penny of it.
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