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Eyes of Laura Mars

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Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway) is a renowned New York City fashion photographer who features sensual and violent images in her controversial work. Suddenly, Laura gains the ability to see visions from a serial killer's perspective -- and it happens to be her friends and associates that he is stalking. Aided by police investigator John Neville (Tommy Lee Jones), Laura tries to prevent the murderer from finding more victims, but she has no idea who the psychopath could be.
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Eyes of Laura Mars hints at interesting possibilities, but they're frittered away by a predictable story that settles for superficial thrills.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 01/27/2024
The performances from Dunaway (startled, haughty, imperious) and Jones (deadpan, epicene) are utterly fabulous. Go to Full Review
Pauline Kael The New Yorker 09/18/2023
In many ways, it’s a subtle, funny movie. Go to Full Review
Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) 11/16/2018
Irvin Kerschner's stylish 1978 paranormal thriller has a premise ahead of its time. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Mar 30
3/5
..Eyes of Laura Mars still slaps in 2025, largely because it’s the closest US cinema got to making a proper giallo; even if it’s not the cinematic game-changer intended, this is still a lot of fun to watch, glossy, self-aware and entertainingly trashy… Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 01/18/2024
Eyes of Laura Mars is the most elegant film of the season. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast 08/08/2023
3/5
An intriguing premise and some solid work from Dunaway earn Eyes of Laura Mars a recommendation, but one can't help but feel like the film is pulling its punches, building to a rather unsatisfying climax. Go to Full Review
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Garry A @heavyg Aug 16 This had diminishing results, the more the film went along. I wanted to like it because of Faye dunaway and Tommy lee jones but I didn't finish watching it. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 27 Failure in 1 hour and 44 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Daniel C. M Jan 14 Tommy Lee Jones as Neville in a great performance of a equally great character, alongside his romance with the titular Laura Mars and the soundtrack are the only reasons you should ever watch this barebones slog of a American Giallo that essentially strips down almost everything that makes a Giallo good. You know it's bad when it's more effective at being a Romantic movie than it is being a Horror and/or Thriller. See more Mike H @mikeho247 Dec 19 As a huge fan of giallo, I checked this movie out based on its reputation as being an ‘American giallo’. While it definitely fits the bill with its stylish 70s era backdrop, beautiful women, a mystery killer and a police investigation the movie is lacking the visceral gut punch of its superior Italian counterparts. This movie would indeed be top tier giallo if there was a bit more visceral gore and a better defined killer. See more Chris D 07/15/2024 This is an intriguing film but I have a feeling it's been overrated through the years. What a concept -- a chic fashion photographer (played by Dunaway, fresh off of Network) has an unexplained psychic link to a murderer who's going around killing off top fashion models and photographers in late 1970s New York City. That's a delicious-sounding premise and the cast is stacked with interesting faces (a young Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, a young Raul Julia, Darlanne Fleugel, etc.). But it just doesn't come off. Kershner was not a natural director of thrillers -- and I don't know what director would have been able to overcome the flaws in this bumpy, muddled script (from an original story by John Carpenter that was almost completely revised and reworked). And for a supposed stylish thriller set in the world of high fashion, picking Victor Kemper (director of photography of naturalistic John Cassavetes films, Dog Day Afternoon, etc) as the cinematographer was an odd choice. The look of the film is drab with indifferent lighting throughout -- not appropriate at all to the type of film this is trying to be. A miss! See more Alec B 02/28/2024 Insane, but that's why it's watchable. Jones gives a performance that's too good for this movie. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway) is a renowned New York City fashion photographer who features sensual and violent images in her controversial work. Suddenly, Laura gains the ability to see visions from a serial killer's perspective -- and it happens to be her friends and associates that he is stalking. Aided by police investigator John Neville (Tommy Lee Jones), Laura tries to prevent the murderer from finding more victims, but she has no idea who the psychopath could be.
Director
Irvin Kershner
Producer
Jon Peters
Screenwriter
John Carpenter, David Zelag Goodman
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 10, 2017
Runtime
1h 44m
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