Stranger Eyes

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Stranger Eyes

Aug 2025

2h 6m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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After enduring months of a fruitless police investigation into the disappearance of their daughter, a young, estranged couple, Junyang and Peiying, realize they are bring filmed surreptitiously when they begin receiving mysterious packages at their door containing DVDs with footage of their daily lives. The moments captured are unnerving not only for the violation of their privacy, but for what is exposed about Junyang and Peiying's relationship on a most intimate level. Suspecting their voyeur is responsible for taking their daughter, the couple embark on a desperate mission to seek him out, only to find the truth of his identity is more complicated than it seems. Featuring legendary Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng, STRANGER EYES "transmogrifies what looks at first like a creepy crime thriller into something much more tricksy, potent and ultimately puzzling, yet still rooted in recognizable human fragility," (The Hollywood Reporter). Referencing other surveillance thrillers like Michael Haneke's CACHE and Alfred Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW, Singaporean filmmaker Yeo Siew Hua's latest feature is a timely update to the genre as a meditation on voyeurism in the digital age and the contradictory desires around being seen.

Tony Rayns

Sight & Sound

Nov 20

Yeo Siew Hua asks intelligent questions about the effect of surveillance on the psyche in a brilliantly-cast mystery about a child’s disappearance.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Aug 28

Always intriguing, “Stranger Eyes” proves stronger on concept than coherence. Perhaps the loose ends are Yeo’s way of suggesting that a film director, too, lacks omniscience.

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Namrata Joshi

The New Indian Express

May 13

...Siew Hua spins a well-paced, taut thriller that keeps the audience guessing and on edge of their seats.

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

Nov 22

B

Yeo Siew Hua’s fourth feature, Stranger Eyes, is both an unnerving cinematic puzzle and an arresting look at surveillance and solitude.

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Rob Thomas

Not That Rob Thomas (Substack)

Oct 9

3.5/4

As a mystery, “Stranger Eyes” doesn’t play by the rules. But as a portrayal of modern disaffection, viewed through an unblinking lens, it’s hard to shake.

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Monica Reid

Far Out Magazine

Oct 3

2.5/5

It works as a psychological drama and character study, thanks to the careful direction of an able cast and the credible human weaknesses they reveal.

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After enduring months of a fruitless police investigation into the disappearance of their daughter, a young, estranged couple, Junyang and Peiying, realize they are bring filmed surreptitiously when they begin receiving mysterious packages at their door containing DVDs with footage of their daily lives. The moments captured are unnerving not only for the violation of their privacy, but for what is exposed about Junyang and Peiying's relationship on a most intimate level. Suspecting their voyeur is responsible for taking their daughter, the couple embark on a desperate mission to seek him out, only to find the truth of his identity is more complicated than it seems. Featuring legendary Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng, STRANGER EYES "transmogrifies what looks at first like a creepy crime thriller into something much more tricksy, potent and ultimately puzzling, yet still rooted in recognizable human fragility," (The Hollywood Reporter). Referencing other surveillance thrillers like Michael Haneke's CACHE and Alfred Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW, Singaporean filmmaker Yeo Siew Hua's latest feature is a timely update to the genre as a meditation on voyeurism in the digital age and the contradictory desires around being seen.

Director: Siew Hua Yeo
Producer: Stefano Centini, Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Alex C. Lo, Fran Borgia
Screenwriter: Siew Hua Yeo
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Akanga Film Asia, Volos Films, Films de Force Majeure, Cinema Inutile
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 29, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2025
Runtime: 2h 6m

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