Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

kapelusznik18 ***SPOILERS**** Confusing movie with a totally off the wall plot about what could better be called reincarnation. Not in one getting born after he or she passed away but being inserted or popped into another body via a brain transplant coupled with a blood transfusion! Despite the movie making very little sense it did in fact end up winning a number of awards, in probably putting the most people to sleep while watching it, for it's story and cinematography from the little known Cineygma Luxemburginx Film Festival. It also bombed out at the box office making back a scanty $50,000.00 of the more then $10,000.000.00 it cost to produced this half-baked turkey.There's the star of the film a notorious quack doctor using hypnotherapy on his unsuspecting patients Michael Strother played by Goran Visnjic, the most famous Croatian American since New York Yankeee home run king Roger Maris, who freaked out back in the USA when he tried to cure a patient of his fear of water. That by Strother putting him under hypnosis and encouraging him to jump into a lake in early April while it was still covered with ice. The poor guy ended up catching pneumonia and drowning by following Strother's insane and dangerous advice! Now in London under an assumed name, the same Michael Strother, he's involved in curing people of smoking and taking only cash not checks or IOU's, so no one can check on him, to pay his bills or living expenses. It all starts when Strother cures London police officer Janet Losey, Shirley Henderson, of her addiction to tobacco. While putting Janet under hypnosis he uncovers the reason why this young girl Heather, Sophie Stuckey, a recent kidnapped victim was so traumatized by her experience that she ended up losing her voice! With Losey, using the threat of exposing him as a quack, has Strother put Heather under hypnosis and, what do you know, ends up getting her voice back!From there on the movie quickly goes down hill with this cock & bull scenario about some people in London involved in a string of kidnapping and ritual murders of children to provide them with new lives, how it's done is never really explained, by somehow using the kidnapped and blood drained bodies of adults as their new bodies or identities. Strother who at first thought this is all ridicules soon become convinced it's really real as he delves deeper and deeper into the subject matter. This almost has him become the next person who's body, after being drain of all its blood, is to be taken over by the head of this kidnap and murder gang Catherine Leboug, Flowa Shaw, who looks like, in being almost 100 years old, she's on her death bed already!****SPOILERS**** We also find out later in the movie that the elderly Mrs. Leboug is actually the daughter of another member of the gang Francis Paladine, John Rogan, who's in fact young enough to be her great-great grandson! There's really nothing more to write about "Close your Eyes" since it gets more confusing as it goes on to it's final reward. That's where we see that Strother's new born son who together with his mom Clara, Miranda Otto, is at a carnival enjoying himself now being put under a spell by Heather to have the evil bloodline of the devil worshiping Paladine cult allowed to continue.

Boba_Fett1138 Of course not much was to be expected of this movie but it had a promising enough premise to make me think this would be a somewhat decent movie to watch. But no, the movie as it turns out is a very uneven and even messy one at times.You would think that hypnotism would play a big part in this movie and would evolve around it. But no, it's just a detective movie and mystery, in which Goran Visnjic's hypnotic skills don't even seem to be all that relevant. As a matter of fact, the movie takes a more supernatural approach, so even the scene's that do involve hypnotism have basically very little to do with real hypnotism. No, you really can't call this movie a realistic or convincing one.But what is way worse is that it isn't being a consistent one. The story jumps all over the place and takes way too many different directions. First you think it is going to be a movie about a hypnotist and his patient. Then it makes you believe that it's going to be all about a little girl who got abducted and by the end it suddenly turns into a super natural thriller. This movie really wanted to do way too much, while the story itself had far too little to offer.The movie isn't very original in any way and all the stuff that is in it you probably have seen somewhere else before and done way better or more creatively.The movie also doesn't ever really seem to really take off. I just never really got into it because the movie was lacking a good build up. Because of this also all of the tension and mystery of the movie falls incredibly short. This is also because the movie, for at least its first half, is lacking any danger. There is no visible villain and our main character isn't really threatened in any way. Besides the entire mystery that needs to get resolved remains too vague all throughout to really care about any of it.It's too bad, I have always wanted Goran Visnjic to breakthrough as a real leading man for movies but roles in productions like this really don't help his career much. It's just a very bland, uninteresting and uneven movie, that also seems to be far too over-Hollywoodized for a British BBC production, which this movie is.5/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

lastliberal Writer/director Nick Willing did a very good job of keeping the action moving in this thriller (also known as Close Your Eyes, and Hypnotic) that kept you enchanted throughout.Of course, the premise of the story is a bit far fetched, that doesn't detract from a good mystery involving a Doctor (played perfectly by Goran Visnjic - "ER"), and a cop (Shirley Henderson - Moaning Myrtle in two Harry Potter films, and Jude in the two Bridget Jones films).I really liked the way Henderson played the cop. She was believable in a story that didn't make a lot of sense outside the chase for the murderer.Sophie Stuckey in her first film did a really good job as the object of the search.

Matthew Hopkiins This is one of those films that you watch and can't believe that it that it hasn't been feted by all and sundry.A superb screen play, fantastic casting,flawless direction, there is very little wrong with this film at all, except...........it may be a little too complex for the masses.Yes, you have to put a bit of thought into this one to enjoy it to it's maximum potential.If you do however, you are rewarded with an intelligent exciting movie.There are enough twists and turns in the film to keep you hooked throughout.A truly undiscovered gem.