Eye of God DVD

5 Stars? Yes, but why? Easy answer to that; it's different, it's excellent, and in all ways from acting to directing, top to bottom. The plot is a heavy treatise on Religion, Christianity specifically, and God himself. My only complaint? The movie should have ended with Hal Holbrook's ruminations about ghosts. This is when Movies get to merge with true Art, the difference really between Movies and Film. Read more

I tend to agree with one of the newspaper critics who praised the film while more or less dismissing the religious element. I suppose I feel that way because there seems to be an effort to use the story of Abraham and Isaac to illustrate the cruelty of God. It seems to me the bible story illustrates that faith approves the believer, God has not followed the lead of earlier and contemporaneous religion in requiring human sacrifice. Even animal sacrifice disappeared as the Christians appropriated much of Jewish scripture, saying He requires mercy, not sacrifice. Not that it isn't fair to ask why God allows suffering, even to people as good as Job was. That said, the Margo Martindale character seems written ditzier than one might expect, which adds credibility to related dramatic incident. I'm not sure it would have occurred to me that what transpires here would be related to the fact that the town itself is slowly dying. Some of our serial killers have been embraced during time served via correspondence, even married while still incarcerated. If nothing else, you get an unconventional example of a believer. Read more

This film is still freaking me out. The title and content are killing me - wondering why a film with a girl who has an eye implant, which is not even a major point in the story - is called EYE of God .... what am I missing here or am I overthinking this one? I found the movie pretty good as far as everything else, but the title .... this Review is subject to future edit! Read more

I was an extra in this movie! Filmed in Tulsa, I was lucky enough to be the secretary (visible in black & white dress, from the lips down, CROSSING in from of MP, while shes talking to receptionist through window!!) in the "abortion clininc". Cannot say much for Martha P., her language and the things she was saying was enough to leave a nasty image in my mind. Other than that it was fun, I loved the idea I was a part of something like a movie. That's all♡ Sheila Read more

Though non-linear, with numerous flashbacks, this film is extremely well-structured, as it tells the story of three people: an ex-convict who has embraced fundamentalist Christianity with a zealot's devotion, a young woman from an abusive background who befriends the ex-con, a teenager who has experienced the worst kind of abandonment and separation anxiety with far worse to come, and a sheriff narrator, whose cynical attitudes toward God are based on the experiences he reveals. The young woman has a glass eye, the result of a youthful accident. The glass eye, of course, sees nothing, just as the woman herself cannot see the evil descending upon her until too late. And the eye of God -- symbolically made of glass too, also sees absolutely nothing as it allows evil to flourish in God's own name. (I doubt this movie is on Jerry Falwell's Top Ten List, and, if it were, he wouldn't be Jerry Falwell.) The acting by all the principals and the directing are superlative. I hope someday this slice-of-life crime drama will receive the recognition it deserves and be released in a DVD version. This movie is difficult to categorize, but it would make an ideal double bill with the Charles Laughton-directed "The Night of the Hunter," except that in the earlier movie, goodness triumphs. Not so in "The Eye of God." Read more

Eye of God [VHS ] This is a movie that you cannot walk away from while watching it or talk during it,because you may miss a small,but important point in the movie.It goes back and forth in time between the past & present.This is a good movie to watch if anybody is writing penpals and never met them,because you never know the person until you meet them in real life.To me,movies are lessons,our teachers,and sometimes movies are our inspiration. Read more

Ex-con murders his new gullible wife. We see it coming a mile away. I do like how it focuses on the reactions of the young witness, probation officer, and local sheriff. This captures the charm and slow pace of a small town but also it's isolation. People make bad choices because they feel there is nothing better to do. The acting makes up for the somewhat flat script. Read more

The experience of seeing this movie changed my life in many important ways. Best work ever by Holbrook, Plimpton, Stahl, and crafted from the brilliant vision of Tim Blake Nelson from his original play. (Need more plays from you, Mr. Nelson!) Thank all involved for this masterpiece. Read more