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I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Vadim Perelman's "The Life Before Her Eyes" spends its first two acts conning you into thinking you're watching something special. Set in small-town America, and painted with beautifully ominous brush-strokes, the film tells the tale of Diana and Maureen, a pair of best friends. Diana is promiscuous and rebellious, Maureen's a reserved Christian. When a school-shooting occurs, a gunman corners Diana and Maureen in a bathroom and offers one the opportunity to sacrifice their life for the other. Does Diana die for Maureen, or does Maureen die for Diana? Using various clever tricks, "Eyes" convinces you that Maureen has in fact died for Diana, who henceforth spends her life consumed by survivor's guilt. She believes that she is unworthy of having survived, and becomes obsessed with being "good", even going so far as to appropriate the religious fervour of the now deceased Maureen. The film's final act then reveals that Diana did not in fact survive. Diana sacrificed herself for Maureen, and the film we previously witnessed was but a giant fantasy in which Diana imagines what her life would have been like had she selfishly let Maureen die. Some view Diana's death as being reactionary – the promiscuous girl paying for her sins – but the film isn't that simple. Does Diana die out of love for Maureen? Does Diana die because she does not value her own life? Does the self-hating Diana die to prove to herself and others that she is "good", that she is "worthy", that her life is not the meaningless waste of time others accuse it of being? Or does Diana die because of Perelman's "dream sequence", and if so, isn't her death but a selfish desire to spare herself future pain? "The Life Before Her Eyes'" first half is impeccable. Several sequences are tense, Diana and Maureen's relationship is infectious, the film's wistful remembrances of youthful summers are wonderful, and the film often dips into interesting pop-surrealism. Actresses Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood and the voluptuous Eva Amurri are also very good. Unfortunately the film slowly begins to fall apart. Perelman hits us with a series of clichés (a husband's infidelities, a run away child, a poorly written bathroom sequence evocative of "Sophie's Choice"), and a "clever ending" which is both unnecessary and silly. Very silly.7.9/10 – Veers from excellent to frustrating. See Jerzy Skolimowski's "Deep End" and "The Wackness". Worth one viewing.

It had that kind of ending you would have expected from Rod Serling. If you were a fan of the Twilight Zone, you would have loved seeing this.For a while as I watched this movie, I wondered if perhaps the story might be of a woman whose life had been ruined by having made a selfish decision in not measuring up to the devotion and willingness to have given her life for her friend as her friend had shown that willingness for her. This movie goes to the heart of the saying that "no greater love for another is the giving of one's life so that others might live." But along with that: what happens to us when we for whatever reason can't live up to that great ideal, that maybe the guilt ridden life we live after might not be worth living. We see all that in this movie. It was a beautiful movie, one that will stay with me.

you've seen the basic plot; young uma hears from pal he's going to bring guns and shoot people; she doesn't say anything; after endlessly long shots of computers, very, very slowly panning down to desk, ponderously down the chairs, finally to the floor, we discover- after machine guns and screams, that there are people dead; finally corned, uma gives up her best friend when the but says which one will i kill (someone watched sophie's choice); so back and forth we go, young uma, mom uma, and for some reason countless shots of diving into a pool and watching the hair flow in the water; there is a lot of that who knows why; but mainly who would you possibly be interested in in theis movie? there are no minor characters developed; uma's teenage pal is an airhead, young uma not much better, and as gorn up torments everyone around her because she said kill my friend not me; this is someone you care about? specially as it is the obvious basis for the movie and dragged out in endless flashbacks until the end of the movie- as if you couldn't see it coming in the first 10 minutes, a la back to that scene rerunning five more words of dialogue each time until... yes, we knew that long, long ago; faux near ending being that uma recalls that she was the one shot- leaving viewer to think 1. if the movie is all not true and uma was really shot, then how come uma the mom exists and why doid we have to watch the lie? or, 2. uma to cope pretends she was shot, and... so what? overall- tedious, endless diving into pools with flowing hair, repetitive (many scenes shown 3 and 4 times), obvious, sophomoric

This is a terrible movie. Even if you are a fan of the talented Evan Rachel or Uma it's just so bad it's not worth it. The story is weak. Without the voyeuristic need to see the Columbine like shooting - there is really little to draw the viewers attention.What a badly written story. The flashbacks are way too often - every few minutes. Even though the ending twist is clear - it's a disappointing and annoying end - so you feel you wasted your time.The acting is quite good. Watched this cause I'm a fan of Evan Rachel & Uma. Evan looked really pretty and acted well. Eva Amurri is a little too unattractive in a distracting way she doesn't have the star quality of her mother. Uma was a bit haggard but acted well. Just feel terrible that such talented actresses were associated with this terrible endeavour.