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Eye for an Eye

Play trailer Poster for Eye for an Eye R 1996 1h 41m Mystery & Thriller Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Harried working mom Karen McCann (Sally Field) is stuck in traffic, talking on the phone to her teenage daughter at home, when she hears an intruder break into the house and murder her child. Although the killer (Kiefer Sutherland) is arrested, a legal technicality leads to his release. Despite the best efforts of her patient husband (Ed Harris), a sympathetic police detective (Joe Mantegna) and a victims'-rights counselor (Charlayne Woodard), Karen becomes obsessed with taking revenge.
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Overwrought, thinly written, and all-around unpleasant, Eye for an Eye crudely exploits every parent's nightmare with deeply offensive results.

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Empire Magazine 08/04/2009
2/5
Any pretence of thoughtful debate has long since been abandoned. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 08/04/2009
[A] really awful, hysterical thriller. Go to Full Review
Rita Kempley Washington Post 08/04/2009
This blatant button-pusher plays upon our most primal emotions as well as the increasing disdain for the criminal justice system. Go to Full Review
Alistair Lawrence Common Sense Media Mar 19
This bizarre and empty-headed revenge fantasy was a critical bomb and commercial flop on its release in 1996 and the following decades have not done it any favors. Go to Full Review
Grant Watson Fiction Machine 11/28/2022
2/10
Crass, manipulative, and deeply insincere, it is a marvel that it received a theatrical release at all. It is entirely impossible to recommend. Go to Full Review
Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot 03/02/2022
2.5/4
John Schlesinger is one of the finest directors of our movie past. It is sad that this is all he apparently can find to direct. Go to Full Review
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Tim M Sep 19 With Eye for an Eye adding nothing to the revenge story but distasteful scumminess, the world would be better off blind. See more May 6 Great acting by Sally Field & Keifer. See more Marilena L Apr 22 This movie was great! Upsetting plot that leaves the viewer with feelings of sadness, anger and doom. The acting was great. Sally Field and K. Sutherland were excellent in their roles. I highly recommend. See more Farah R @Farah Apr 14 The low ratings and negative reviews are baffling because Eye For An Eye is a gripping thriller. Sally Field’s acting is brilliant, and the film builds to a great, albeit predictable, climax. See more Ririn 2 Mar 24 Bagus film nya, rekomended See more MTS QA C Mar 23 Eye for eye... hmm... See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Harried working mom Karen McCann (Sally Field) is stuck in traffic, talking on the phone to her teenage daughter at home, when she hears an intruder break into the house and murder her child. Although the killer (Kiefer Sutherland) is arrested, a legal technicality leads to his release. Despite the best efforts of her patient husband (Ed Harris), a sympathetic police detective (Joe Mantegna) and a victims'-rights counselor (Charlayne Woodard), Karen becomes obsessed with taking revenge.
Director
John Schlesinger
Producer
Michael I. Levy
Screenwriter
Erika Holzer, Amanda Silver, Rick Jaffa
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures, Paramount Pictures International
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 12, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$25.7M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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