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“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Eyes of My Mother
Drama · Horror · 2016
A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.
Movie details
The Eyes of My Mother
2016 Drama · Horror 1h 16m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.2 / 10
15K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
78 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
63 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.2 / 10
Community rating
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A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Eyes of My Mother?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Nicolas Pesce
Written by
Nicolas Pesce
Kika Magalhães
Francisca
Diana Agostini
Mother
Will Brill
Charlie
Clara Wong
Kimiko
Olivia Bond
Young Francisca
Joey Curtis-Green
Antonio
Flora Diaz
Lucy
Court is in session
Put The Eyes of My Mother on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.