Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Micitype Pretty Good

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

bombersflyup Eyes of Laura Mars is a mystery thriller, that I found rather predictable and unthrilling.While Laura was a fairly strong lead character, the others were quite unlikable. The whole idea of being able to see through the killer's eyes, while not explained at all in the film, is merely to set up the moment where she sees herself through the killer's eyes when she is with the one she loves. I already figured that was going to be the case, so when Tommy L Jones's character became close with her it was obvious he would be the killer, thus lacking any thrills. Though he did turn out to have multiple personalities, making it more reasonable. Outside of the main plot, there is nothing of any value and some of it a bit annoying.

Syl Faye Dunaway played Laura Mars, a successful, controversial New York City art photographer, with a psychic vision. Tommy Lee Jones played John Neville, a New York City cop who takes an interest in her work and her. Rene Auberjonois played a supportive colleague. Dunaway's performance is believable enough. The film was shot on location in New York City in the late seventies. The cast was first rate and the film is quite rattling. Dunaway did a terrific job in playing Laura Mars and the film is quite entertaining and thrilling to the suspenseful end. The film has a mystery feel and keeps you guessing to the end of the film. I won't spoil the ending.

Predrag This movie was made in the late 1970's and still is good. It also captures a type of celebrity that today's celebrities don't have. It was when photography was real and no photo-shop around, yeah there were airbrushes, but talent and marketing made a celebrity, not just marketing. It is one of Tommy Lee Jones' first major roles and he was great. It was one of Faye Dunaway's last great roles. The song by Barbara Streisand still is haunting and great today. One reason it wasn't as well received was due to the producer being Jon Peters who was back then known more for being Barbara's Boyfriend. But the script was written by John Carpenter.Among the film's other assets are all the time-capsule location shots in Manhattan, the now-quaint disco soundtrack, the Helmut Newton-style "photo session scenes", and a strong supporting cast which includes Tommy Lee Jones as a homicide detective who becomes romantically involved with the titular Miss Mars. The plot at times stretches believability to ludicrous heights, such as when Dunaway, "seeing" a murder in progress, drives a car through the streets of Manhattan, even though she's effectively blind, screaming "Donald!" before finally crashing through a show window (How did she manage all those turns? From memory?) But unintentional camp does not hurt "the Eyes of Laura Mars" one bit in fact, it just makes it all the more delicious!Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

Leofwine_draca An enjoyable, time-wasting thriller which, if not entirely successful, is still pretty good stuff. Even though most reviews of this film are negative, they fail to mention the fabulous cast, the hilarious dating of the music (sung by Barbara Streisland of all people) and, primarily, of the fashions. This benefits from a strong screenplay by John Carpenter which thankfully never deviates from the story too much, thus staying interesting. Horror fans will be kept entertained by the brief flashes of eyeball violence (always cringe-worthy stuff) and P.O.V. shots from the killer which narrowly predate HALLOWEEN (but of course, are copied from BLACK Christmas) and cleverly break through the "fourth wall" of the camera, thus propelling the viewer into the action - although it's a shame that this second sight is so cloudy and difficult to see through! The film is sufficiently bleak-looking, with the New York locations looking inhuman (hard streets, faceless masses, a mass of industry) and the sets dingy and shadow-filled. Of primary concern are sex and death, which Mars links together in her fashion shoots in a way that would have the BBFC and the moral guardians of the UK seething! Totally lacking in any special effects, this film downplays the supernatural element (which is incidentally never explained or reasoned) in favour of a murder-mystery thriller type plot with copious use of red herrings.Faye Dunaway is the pale, fragile-looking lead, and being a leading actress of her time, as you would expect she is good and a character to root for. Tommy Lee Jones is rather stony-faced (like in most of his films actually) to start off with but his character loosens up later on. Stealing the show is a manic-eyed Brad Dourif - looking extremely shifty in his brown leather jacket, curly hair and stubble - as the chauffeur. Rene Auberjonois hams for all his worth as a highly camp fashion designer (who even dresses in drag in one scene), and is absolutely hilarious. Also appearing briefly is the late Raul Julia as another shifty suspect.The twist ending can be seen a mile off, and it's pretty obvious to spot the identity of the real killer. The explanation behind the murders is a bit trite but good for a laugh, and is pulled off thanks to some good acting from the person playing the murderer (no names here I'm afraid!). Although not a brilliant movie by any means, this is better than a lot of low-budget trash being released at the latter end of the '70s, and I say give it a go to all those who may have been put off by the harsh words of the critics. It's a film which can be watched either seriously or humorously and works both ways - personally I enjoyed both.