The Life Before Her Eyes

For 15 years, Diana (Uma Thurman) has lived with the memory of a high school shooting that claimed the life of her best friend, Maureen. Her own daughter's teen angst causes Diana to flash back to a time when her younger self (Evan Rachel Wood) was filled with hopeful dreams. As she relives the events surrounding the tragedy, drifting between past and present, Diana's future becomes tenuous.

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“The Life Before Her Eyes” is a beautiful film to see. The cinematography is magnificent. The meticulous framing of every scene and delicate color pallet plays into an almost surreal sense of other worldliness. Against this backdrop a story slowly, carefully unfolds. The heart is the body's strongest muscle; a fundamental truism that proves itself like a secondary theme weaving through the story while Diana, played by Rachel Evan Wood and, as an adult, by Uma Thurman, drifts more than flashes forward and back between her selves. The brilliantly crafted script is near poetic in its dialogue yet realistic enough to draw you into these lives with voyeuristic ardor. Like a meandering stream you flow from the relationships of a high school girl into the turmoil of a disturbed woman with a husband, child and a career. All internalized but remarkably existent, time and place become irrelevant; markers exist only in the moment. Vadim Perelman ("House of Sand and Fog") directs this Laura Kasischke screenplay with such meticulous control that the hand of the director is invisible. When this film was done I sat though the credits and into the following silence. I knew the experience was over but I didn’t want to let it go. Originally titled “In Bloom,” changing to a seemingly awkward, “The Life Before Her Eyes” turns out to be a thoughtful final touch to a near flawless production. Not everyone will enjoy the deliberately slow pace; not everyone will understand this film. But, if you stay aware yet allow the story to drift though you, you will see “the Life Before Her Eyes” draw to a near perfect ending. I hope my thoughts are helpful 09/06/08 ~~~Wingz
- Wingz

I really enjoyed this film. Not a happy film by any means but its just...really good. The story follows a survivor of a school shooting played by Thurman. The 15th anniversary only emphasizes the fact that she is not yet over the tragedy of her best friends death. The movie follows her life through flashbacks and present. Answering questions as you go along. It is a rather slow paced movie but I did not find myself getting bored at all. The movie makes the powerful statement that choices you make can effect your life FOREVER. Great film. In my opinion a top 10-15 in the queue for sure, a movie you will not easily forget.
- *~*Sullivans*~*