There have been some exceptional Spanish horrors made in recent years such as The Orphanage and Rec. and the Spaniards seem to be head and shoulders above the Americans at the moment when it comes to this genre.
Julia's Eyes is not really in the same ball park as the above films but it is still looks great never the less. This is a film about a sister who's blind twin dies unexpectedly and because she has inherited the same disease that makes her blind she begins to find out the hard way what exactly happened to her sibling.
There are some really good things about this movie and there are some really bad things. Firstly the way we see things happen on screen depending on the sight of Julia is very clever. I like how we don't see the characters faces when Julia cant either. Secondly , Belén Rueda is superb as Julia and is totally convincing and she has to be because the script is all over the place . There are so many things going on in this film that don't make sense or that people wouldn't do in real life , it spoils it a little. Yet i still liked it despite it's obvious flaws.
Julia's Eyes is not really in the same ball park as the above films but it is still looks great never the less. This is a film about a sister who's blind twin dies unexpectedly and because she has inherited the same disease that makes her blind she begins to find out the hard way what exactly happened to her sibling.
There are some really good things about this movie and there are some really bad things. Firstly the way we see things happen on screen depending on the sight of Julia is very clever. I like how we don't see the characters faces when Julia cant either. Secondly , Belén Rueda is superb as Julia and is totally convincing and she has to be because the script is all over the place . There are so many things going on in this film that don't make sense or that people wouldn't do in real life , it spoils it a little. Yet i still liked it despite it's obvious flaws.