The Eye

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The Eye

R,

2003,

1h 38m,

Horror/

Mystery & Thriller

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63%

98 Reviews

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72%

25,000+ Ratings

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63%

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98 Reviews

72%

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25,000+ Ratings

After 18 years of blindness, 20-year-old violinist Wong Kar Mun (Lee Sin-Je) regains her vision when she undergoes a corneal transplant. She's overjoyed with the procedure, but Mun's elation dissipates when she begins experiencing ghostly encounters. Desperate to discover why she now sees ghosts, Mun turns to a psychologist, Dr. Wah (Lawrence Chou), who believes the new corneas are causing the problem. When Mun and Wah travel to her cornea donor's hometown to investigate, her symptoms worsen.

Critics Consensus

Conventional ghost tale with a few genuine scares.

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

Nov 21, 2003

3/5

With its spooky first-person rendering of Mun's experience -- blurred, tentative, disoriented -- The Eye creates a world of constant and imminent upheaval.

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Nov 21, 2003

2.5/4

Though perhaps not the greatest thing since sliced eyeballs, The Eye is definitely worth a look, or even a double-take.

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Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

Jul 25, 2003

Seeing dead people? A jarring journey from darkness into light? Granted, it's been done. But there are sweet, difficult pleasures here just the same.

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Jeff Beck

The Blu Spot

Apr 21, 2026

3/5

While they perhaps linger on the idea of [the premise] a little longer than they should before moving on with its development, the film still manages to provide some intriguing story elements & some fun chills.

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Oct 18, 2008

2/5

Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Jul 5, 2008

2.5/4

Is it a horror, a thriller, a tragedy, a disaster pic, or a romance? It's never really sure, but either way it limps along through various dips into different genres and often times is scrambled and confused...

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Poe S

Nov 30, 2018

The tone of the film is uneven to say the least. What starts out in the realm of a horror mystery ends up somewhere adjacent to a soap opera - which isn't to say the film doesn't work. The story is intriguing and the blurry terrors are sure to keep you interested, despite a less than satisfying conclusion.

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Draco R

Feb 6, 2017

So much better than the American remake. Also surprisingly underrated film on rotten tomatoes.

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Danny Pang

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Oxide Chun Pang

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Lee Sin-Je

Wong Kar Mun

Lawrence Chou

Dr. Wah

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Synopsis

After 18 years of blindness, 20-year-old violinist Wong Kar Mun (Lee Sin-Je) regains her vision when she undergoes a corneal transplant. She's overjoyed with the procedure, but Mun's elation dissipates when she begins experiencing ghostly encounters. Desperate to discover why she now sees ghosts, Mun turns to a psychologist, Dr. Wah (Lawrence Chou), who believes the new corneas are causing the problem. When Mun and Wah travel to her cornea donor's hometown to investigate, her symptoms worsen.

Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang
Producer: Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Lawrence Cheng
Screenwriter: Yuet-Jan Hui, Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang
Distributor: Palm Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 6, 2003, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 15, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $503.7K
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby EX, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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