Nonureva Really Surprised!

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

SnoopyStyle Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway) is a celebrated fashion photographer. She is haunted by visions from a killer's eyesight. At her gala, she encounters police detective John Neville (Tommy Lee Jones) who hates the photos of violence against semi-nude women without knowing it's her. Those around her are killed and Neville investigates. Her pictures seem to mimic real crime scenes. Tommy Ludlow (Brad Dourif) is her driver. Donald Phelps (René Auberjonois) is her manager. Michael Reisler (Raul Julia) is her possessive ex-husband.The killer's vision needs better consistency. It's mostly first person POV except sometimes it goes up to the murder weapon. It becomes more traditional but it needs to stay with the first person POV. Otherwise, it's a nice premise and the visual mostly works. It has blood and gore but like the photos, they are too stagey. The first thing that caught my eye is the writing credit for John Carpenter. This is pre-Halloween by a couple of months. If it somehow got released after Halloween, I'm sure they would have promoted Carpenter's script to death and it would be an even bigger hit. The great cast is doing good work. There is a twist that seems more for twist's sake. This is a nice middling mystery thriller although the pacing is not always that thrilling.

dustingibbons I watch this movie at least once a year and I know, by industry, standards it is a terrible movie, but I like it. It has disco music, it has Faye Dunaway, it has models, and it has (some) stylish clothing. I once did an Eyes of Laura Mars photo shoot, so having said that, stylistically this is a little iconic thriller that not many people know about. It's cheesy, it's campy, but it looks and feels great. Perfect Halloween movie to watch for any person who works in the 'fashion' industry.Also, if anyone can find the movie poster, please let me know. I love it.

christopher_langer This film was remarkable in its way - It's almost as if the team responsible threw a bunch of crap against the wall to see what stuck and, when none of it stuck and it all just landed on the floor they just filmed the big pile of crap. This movie makes me regret that I'm not already in a suicide pact. And apparently George Lucas saw it and thought 'that's the guy I want to direct the next Star Wars!'. Because obviously a guy who sold a space opera to a greedy mouse is a good judge of cinema. Dear lord, that was terrible. Dear, dear lord, kill me please. Thank you lord. 1/10.

be-bop-795-4205 I watched this film mainly to see Faye Dunaway of the 1970-s, the period of her classic performances in 'Chinatown', 'Three Days of the Condor' and 'Network'. I found what I was looking for, and more. Some say this was not her best movie, I think it was one of the best. Here she takes the lead, and it is her in the first place who creates all the depth, feeling, and atmosphere to the whole thing. The rest of the crowd are not quite the same league but that's fine as they create a perfect framing for the central character. Great camera work (still camera too). Smart directing. Quality writing by James Cameron... Well, almost so... because even Faye's genius cannot save the film from the shamefully flat ending! I'm not sure who was responsible for the wholly unnatural and banal final twist, was it the writer, or the director, or probably the finance guy? In any case this sharp, stylish, thoughtful, emotionally deep, and visually beautiful mystery drama was to a great extent spoiled by some blunt bloke who apparently believed the 'people' would certainly like a regular 'trilla' with a 'hitchcock' ending to it. I wish I never saw the final 10 minutes and the tape would be just cut off instead... The bottom line is, Faye Dunaway at her best in an excellent stylish film that is admirable all the way through... yet suddenly turns into a 'me too' thriller in the last ten minutes. 9/10, and it would be 10/10 without that silly ending.