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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxHarrowing, psychologically astute drama.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonAn extraordinarily truthful and piercing drama.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThis tale of domestic abuse breaks little new stylistic or psychological ground, but it is a searing, well-acted drama that should strike universal chords.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe story isn't exactly new, but Bollain, an actress in her own right, keeps Take My Eyes from sinking into clichés.
- 75The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinTake My Eyes might look and sound like an earnest message movie, but its bone-deep understanding of the tricky psychology of abuse feels effortlessly authentic.
- 70VarietyJonathan HollandVarietyJonathan HollandHandles the subject of domestic violence with intelligence and compassion.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceA disturbing take on domestic violence.
- 60Film ThreatFilm ThreatMarull's Pilar is quietly powerful and agonizingly terrorized as the '50s-style wife muted and bound by duty.
- 60The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThe director, Iciar Bollain, who wrote the screenplay with Alicia Luna, invests Antonio with humanity, which would be more impressive if she had paid more attention to exploring the darker recesses of Pilar's inner life.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIf Take My Eyes explored how a woman could still feel for a man who abused her, it might have gripped us with its difficult truths. But the movie presents Pilar and Antonio's marriage as a stale, neurotic dead end.