The Life Before Her Eyes

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Original title: The Life Before Her Eyes
Year: 2007
Running time: 90 min.
Country: United States
Director: Vadim Perelman
Screenwriter: Emil Stern. Novel: Laura Kasischke
Music: James Horner
Cinematography: Pawel Edelman
Cast: Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, Eva Amurri, Oscar Isaac, Brett Cullen, Gabrielle Brennan, Jack Gilpin, Maggie Lacey, John Magaro, Lynn Cohen, Nathalie Paulding, Molly Price
Producer: Magnolia Pictures, 2929 Productions
Genre: Drama
Synopsis / Plot: Based on the best-selling novel by Laura Kasischke, IN BLOOM is a dramatic thriller about Diana (Uma Thurman), a suburban wife and mother who begins to question her seemingly perfect life--and perhaps her sanity--on the 15th anniversary of a tragic high school shooting that took the life of her best friend. In flashbacks, Diana is a vibrant high schooler (Evan Rachel Wood) who, with her shy best friend Maureen, plot typical teenage strategies--cutting class, fantasizing about boys--and vow to leave their sleepy suburb at the first opportunity. The older Diana, however, is haunted by the increasingly strained relationship she had with Maureen as day of the school shooting approached. These memories disrupt the idyllic life she's now leading with her professor husband Paul and their young daughter Emma. As older Diana's life begins to unravel and younger Diana gets closer and closer to the fatal day, a deeper mystery slowly unravels.

Critics' reviews

"Uma Thurman delivers a mesmerizing performance in 'The Life Before Her Eyes', a film that, once seen and fully digested, exerts the same haunting pull as the shattering events it chronicles."

Ann Hornaday: The Washington Post
"It will draw you in, then intrigue you, then bore you, then bewilder you, then make you crazy with its incessant flashbacks and flash forwards, and finally leave you feeling like the victim of a fraud."

Joe Morgenstern: The Wall Street Journal
"Open up the paper on any given Friday, and you'll read about good and pretty good movies, but this is something in another league - emotionally sophisticated, humane and worth talking about for hours."

Mick LaSalle: SFGATE
"Plays an irritating game of narrative hide-and-seek, continually doubling back on itself (...) Tidy, predictable, excruciatingly fussy in its details and lacking the tiniest glimmer of humor"

Stephen Holden: The New York Times

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