Dark and gloomy, 'Julia's Eyes' is a triumphant horror thriller story at first but decisions made within the end erodes some parts of it. With a remarkable producer [Del Toro], it was an irony to learn the aftermath of the whole film.
'Eyes' has stark visuals that are sometimes striking and sometimes interesting but oftentimes unnerving (which means it's effective); give credit to cinematographer, Óscar Faura. The package also includes a delicious to the eyes but disappointing climax that dulls emotional intensity.
Julia (played by the commendable Belén Rueda, "The Orphanage"), is Sara's (Clara Segura) twin sister who intuits a bad event. She drives down with her husband, Isaac (Lluis Homar) and finds her twin sister hunged. For Julia, suicide wasn't Sara's decision and an assumption that a murder case is what the police are dealing with is what surges her. She's determined to find out the truth and hence took steps that tangle her to an unsettling clump of vines of thorns.
Like the convention a horror film adheres to, lives are taken. And this happens in the event which Julia goes far in finding her sister's assumed "killer". She faces the fate the same as though identical as her sister's and her sight almost fades to black. Julia is forced to face darkness inside darkness.
With stunning camerawork by Faura evidenced in a commendable sequence, or two, add a montage for that matter, the villain's face is left unseen which would have been cheap without relating to its theme [Julia, having her eyes covered].
Focus, lighting and angles are enthralling, remarkable I may correct. Faura is a bravura cinematographer who sets out moods whenever needed.
Secrets are revealed one by one which comes effective with the help of our main actor, Rueda. She thrives in presenting a genuinely vulnerable and scared heroine that develops a great care from the audience towards Julia. Her acting is relatively best among other actors; completely understandable for the script doesn't really centered anywhere but Julia (Rueda).
The film's sound-work is impeccable that it plunges the audience to a dark, wrenched and twisted experience. It's an unsettling shock-fest from start to finish but disappointing final confrontation is the let down. Add on the realized-over-the-end matter of emotional punch.
It offers a medley of sumptuous scares but the attachment of Julia to ANYONE, anyone at all doesn't translate good in this almost-solid thriller. The intimacy of Julia and Isaac as a couple doesn't really affects the viewers to make valid amends.
While being emotionally drab, Los Ojos De Julia to the other language, and 'Julia's Eyes' to the universal, is a well made chiller that horror fans wish other shockers were as well-crafted.
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