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Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos) (Widescreen)

Eduardo Noriega (Actor), Penélope Cruz (Actor), Alejandro Amenábar (Director) | Rated: R (Restricted) | Format: DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (85 customer reviews)
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Imagine if an actor's director like Eric Rohmer--whose films consist almost entirely of conversation between pairs or small groups of people--made a film that incorporated elements from movies like Dark City, eXistenZ, The Thirteenth Floor, The Truman Show, and Total Recall. The result might resemble Alejandro Amenabar's remarkable second feature, Open Your Eyes, which favors ideas over effects and offers twist upon twist with mind-warping agility. This film rewards multiple viewings, pushing the viewer toward one perception of reality, then switching to another until reality itself is called into question. Melodrama, love story, and psychological thriller combine with a dash of science fiction, forming a plot that is both disorienting and deceptively precise.

Set in Madrid, the story defies description, but this much can be revealed: young, handsome Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) is vain, rich, charming, and--following a botched suicide-murder scheme by a jilted lover--horribly disfigured. He'd fallen in love with Sofia (Penélope Cruz) but is now an embittered husk of his former self, stuck in a "psychiatric penitentiary" on a murder charge and hiding behind an expressionless mask. His reality has crumbled, but as the film's agenda is gradually revealed, we realize that there are other factors in play. Exposing that agenda would be a criminal offense against those who haven't seen the film; suffice it to say that Open Your Eyes takes you into the twilight zone and beyond, and does so cleverly enough to prompt Tom Cruise to produce and star in an English-language remake, Vanilla Sky. The 2001 remake, directed by Cameron Crowe, costars Cameron Diaz and Penélope Cruz, who reprises her original role. --Jeff Shannon

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5.0 out of 5 stars Come here when 'Vanilla Sky' confuses the heck out of you, Sep 18 2003
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This review is from: Open Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos) (Widescreen) (DVD)
'Abre Los Ojos' - or 'Open Your Eyes' - is Spanish director's Alejandro Amenábar's master work. Amenábar is famous here in the United States for his subsequent work with Nicole Kidman in 'The Others,' but he first burst into international prominence as the writer and shaper of the wildly inventive 'Ojos.'

And that caught the attention of the international film set, including director/screenwriter Cameron Crowe and Tom Cruise. They re-shaped the 1997 release of Madrid-based 'Ojos' into 2001's NYC-based 'Vanilla Sky'.

Without getting into a lengthy blow-by-blow comparison of the two releases, let's just say that anyone who sees the original after the re-make has the same comment: "I really wish I had seen the original first."

Exactly. It's the far superior film. Crowe/Cruise add nothing to it, and in fact seem to have suceeded only in totally confusing or frustrating their audience.

Although I should point out that Cameron Diaz is really brilliant in 'Sky' as the doomed femme fatale, far better than Najwa Nimri, who played the same role in 'Ojos.'

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4.0 out of 5 stars Well-made, intelligent and challenging - if flawed, April 26 2011
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Mostly fascinating, if occasionally a bit too silly and far-fetched for it's own good. Multiple realities and questions of perception always fascinate me, and this was no exception. Additionally, most of the performances were very, very strong.

But it did have a few moments of seeming too pleased with itself for how clever it was, and the end made me wonder if the whole thing wasn't a bit more shallow than I was giving it credit for being.

None-the-less, beautifully shot, and full of interesting ideas and unexpected twists. I should probably see it again; I liked it quite a bit on first viewing, and it's one of those complex, challenging films that might grow even better on repeated viewings.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A True Must See, Feb 9 2005
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One of the finest movies you could possibly take a "risk" on, if you're wondering about purchasing this film, which received limited release - but massive critical praise - in North America.

Comparing it to its American remake is a silly waste of time - one ought to review THIS film, which is a wonderful, endlessly intriguing and enthralling STORY that is one of the most original movies you will ever see. Ignore the misleading cover, by the way - while it may boost sales, this movie is far, far more than a story of an attractive woman.

(And if one really wants to discuss remakes, one would do better to focus on "The Matrix", which was every bit as much a copy of this film as "Vanilla Sky" - though its makers somehow forgot to mention their source material).

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