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Uma Thurman and Brett Cullen in The Life Before Her Eyes (2007)

Eva Amurri and Evan Rachel Wood in The Life Before Her Eyes (2007)

Uma Thurman in The Life Before Her Eyes (2007)

Evan Rachel Wood in The Life Before Her Eyes (2007)

Vadim Perelman in The Life Before Her Eyes (2007)

Uma Thurman

Evan Rachel Wood

Eva Amurri

Laura Kasischke

Emil Stern

A woman&apos;s survivor&apos;s guilt from a Columbine-like event 15 years ago causes her present-day idyllic life to fall apart.

Vadim Perelman

The Life Before Her Eyes

Vadim Perelman&apos;s &apos;The Life Before Her Eyes&apos; is just as powerful but equally complex as his harrowing &apos;The House of Sand and Fog&apos;. This movie is just as engaging and at times, also confusing. Perelman uses fascinating visuals. The film opens with a montage of various beautiful flowers (that have a symbolic definition) and then follows two girls to a highschool bathroom. The shootout scene takes place only within the bathroom while we hear gunfire in the background but for me this movie has achieved in that first sequence what the pretentious &apos;Elephant&apos; didn&apos;t (which was also about a highschool shootout). While the focus is on the two girls, you literally see the fear in their eyes as their &apos;nice&apos; day is interrupted and their lives are threatened.

On the technical side, it is a very well crafted film. The cinematography, the music, the sets and editing are all top notch. The visuals are detailed and pretty much every frame has something to say.

The ending is different from that of the book but I think both of them rise the same question. What would have you done if you were in Diana&apos;s shoes? The question isn&apos;t easy to answer because you never actually know unless you are facing such circumstance. That is the test of one&apos;s courage. Emil Stern&apos;s screenplay is dazzling. The story doesn&apos;t follow a linear structure but there&apos;s a reason for that. Dialogues are laden with interesting philosophy. Perelman beautifully tackles numerous themes such as friendship, post-traumatic stress, motherhood and abortion among others.

The cast features three powerful performances: by Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood and Eva Amurri. Thurman&apos;s portrayal of Diana&apos;s complexity, devotion to her family and inability to cope with her past is spot on. Wood and Amurri deliver very natural performances as two girls going through the usual teen problems but dealing with it differently because &apos;one has what the other doesn&apos;t&apos; and that way they help each other. Their on screen friendship is very convincing hinting that they might actually be good friends in real life. Then there&apos;s the bathroom scene which could have easily gone wrong had it been played by lesser actresses but this is one of the most powerful scenes in a movie of recent time and one only has to watch it to understand its impact.

&apos;The Life Before Her Eyes&apos; is not an easy film to follow and those who are looking for something simple or light may feel let down but on the other hand it&apos;s a very strong movie. Perelman has hit the mark again just like he did with &apos;The House of Sand and Fog&apos;. He seems to be intrigued by tragic stories and bringing them on screen. He does one hell of a job, again.

for The Life Before Her Eyes, directed by Vadim Perelman.

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Vadim Perelman's 'The Life Before Her Eyes' is just as powerful but equally complex as his harrowing 'The House of Sand and Fog'. This movie is just as engaging and at times, also confusing. Perelman uses fascinating visuals. The film opens with a montage of various beautiful flowers (that have a symbolic definition) and then follows two girls to a highschool bathroom. The shootout scene takes place only within the bathroom while we hear gunfire in the background but for me this movie has achieved in that first sequence what the pretentious 'Elephant' didn't (which was also about a highschool shootout). While the focus is on the two girls, you literally see the fear in their eyes as their 'nice' day is interrupted and their lives are threatened.

On the technical side, it is a very well crafted film. The cinematography, the music, the sets and editing are all top notch. The visuals are detailed and pretty much every frame has something to say.

The ending is different from that of the book but I think both of them rise the same question. What would have you done if you were in Diana's shoes? The question isn't easy to answer because you never actually know unless you are facing such circumstance. That is the test of one's courage. Emil Stern's screenplay is dazzling. The story doesn't follow a linear structure but there's a reason for that. Dialogues are laden with interesting philosophy. Perelman beautifully tackles numerous themes such as friendship, post-traumatic stress, motherhood and abortion among others.

The cast features three powerful performances: by Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood and Eva Amurri. Thurman's portrayal of Diana's complexity, devotion to her family and inability to cope with her past is spot on. Wood and Amurri deliver very natural performances as two girls going through the usual teen problems but dealing with it differently because 'one has what the other doesn't' and that way they help each other. Their on screen friendship is very convincing hinting that they might actually be good friends in real life. Then there's the bathroom scene which could have easily gone wrong had it been played by lesser actresses but this is one of the most powerful scenes in a movie of recent time and one only has to watch it to understand its impact.

'The Life Before Her Eyes' is not an easy film to follow and those who are looking for something simple or light may feel let down but on the other hand it's a very strong movie. Perelman has hit the mark again just like he did with 'The House of Sand and Fog'. He seems to be intrigued by tragic stories and bringing them on screen. He does one hell of a job, again.

A woman's survivor's guilt from a Columbine-like event 15 years ago causes her present-day idyllic life to fall apart.

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