The Life Before Her Eyes

Director: Vadim Perelman

Cast: Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, Eva Amurri, Gabrielle Brennan, Brett Cullen

(Magnolia Pictures, 2007) Rated: R

US theatrical release date: 18 April 2008 (Limited release)

[22 April 2008]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

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It Comes Out in Strange Ways

Calling up collective fears and resentments, The Life Before Her Eyes offers a most prosaic moral framework.

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Living the Dream: The Life Before Her Eyes

Jennifer Makowsky

20.May.08

Kaisischke's grotesque images of the natural world remind me of Sylvia Plath. She is a master of highlighting the splendor and tragedy working side-by-side in everyday life.

Review: House of Sand and Fog (2003)

Cynthia Fuchs

18.Dec.03

Property is at the center of House of Sand and Fog.

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