Eye of God

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Eye of God

R,

1997,

1h 24m,

Drama

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75%

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78%

250+ Ratings

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20 Reviews

78%

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250+ Ratings

A traumatized teen crosses paths with a young waitress (Martha Plimpton) married to a violent former convict (Kevin Anderson).

Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Sep 7, 2011

A-

Anderson creates what may be the most vividly scary and authentic portrait of a sociopathic ex-con since Dustin Hoffman in Straight Time.

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Joe Leydon

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

Set against the vivid backdrop of an Oklahoma oil town in the terminal stages of economic devastation, "Eye of God" is deliberately paced but almost entirely free of nonessential material.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

3/4

A film in which dreams seem to yearn toward a place where they can grow.

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David Sterritt

Christian Science Monitor

Mar 28, 2019

2/4

The story doesn't quite add up to a well-told drama, but there's rock-solid acting by Martha Plimpton, Kevin Anderson, Hal Holbrook as the local sheriff, and Nick Stahl.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Jul 17, 2009

B-

...an overly complex narrative puzzle placed amid an atmospheric setting with distracting voice-over narration by Holbrook's town sheriff as he reflects on a tragedy that makes mute a local orphan...

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 18, 2005

3/5

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Theodore W

Sep 5, 2017

I was there for the showing at Sundance. It sucked, and Martha Plimpton sucked worse.

Albus R

Jul 7, 2017

A man comes out from jail and is looking for change. Actually, change has already happened as he has found God. He get's a job and a girl and everything is just great. We also follow a 14 year old buy. He seem lonely and pretty careless. He likes to drive a car around at night, otherwise he's not up for much. These two stories are connected. We know it, but not how. The presentation is swell as shifts of both time and stories works out really good. The acting is really good too. The three most important actors are all delivering and it's cool to see Richard Jenkins in a smaller part here - the most known actor from the film these days. So, great acting, lovely story, smart presentation and a short playtime makes this a great drama, with some tensity. 7.5 out of 10 jawbreakers.

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Tim Blake Nelson

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Martha Plimpton

Ainsley DuPree

Kevin Anderson

Jack Stillings

Hal Holbrook

Sheriff Rogers

Nick Stahl

Tom Spencer

Richard Jenkins

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Synopsis

A traumatized teen crosses paths with a young waitress (Martha Plimpton) married to a violent former convict (Kevin Anderson).

Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Producer: Michael Nelson, Wendy Ettinger
Screenwriter: Tim Blake Nelson
Distributor: Castle Hill
Production Co: Minnow Pictures
Rating: R (Depiction of Abortion|Violence|Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 17, 1997, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Mar 18, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA): $85.7K
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: Surround

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