Angel Eyes, directed by Luis Mandoki, proposes that deja vu may have a base in real life.
Thanks to FC for correcting our French. 4Nov02
Mr Caviezel plays Catch Lambert, an emotional stem winder for anyone watching who might feel lost, anchor-less, or worn weary by a disaster in life.
Luis Mandoki
Clearly emotionally involved in telling it, director Mandoki crafts a strong visual story. He admits that the opening, hook scene plays out following a description told to him by one who experienced such an event. The hook works because it effectively winds up the story so it can play itself out with a fine, even rhythm.
Other love stories told by Mandoki include “Message in a Bottle”, “A Man and a Woman” and “White Palace”.
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Character Catch Lambert
Lambert wears more wound on his sleeve than most characters can ever carry through the arch of a character’s path through a story.
Yet the height of his expectation bar demonstrates a solid background in making a life work hard for more than just himself. Also his care giving trait shows the dichotomy between what he knows and what he shows. Lambert makes us ask ourselves, “How many people like him have we looked right through?”
Mr Caviezel’s reputation for bravery is visible here, because he apparently has the chops to play a musical character off a non-musical Chicago cop, played by a strongly musical actor, Ms Lopez.
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Interviews and Reviews
Here are the interviews we found for "Angel Eyes".
We added this interview because we agree with it—well, most of it.
Added June 6, 2002
- The British Compuserve review, undated
Added August 2, 2003
As a promotion for a showing on Britian’s Sky Movies Premier television offering, here’s what The Guardian published, written by Paul Howlett.
“Jennifer Lopez stars as a tough Chicago cop, and the film has enough action and arrests to fulfill the basic requirements of the genre. But it’s also deeper than that: Lopez’s Sharon is a conflicted soul still dealing with the time she blew the whistle on her wife-beating father, and attracted to another haunted character, the enigmatic Catch (Jim Caviezel). With an assured screenplay by Gerald DiPego and convincing performances—including Sonia Braga and Victor Argo as Sharon’s mixed-up parents - it’s a consistently intriguing, compelling tale”.
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Tidbits
Note that when “Angel Eyes” played on North American cable television during June 2002, it was the third-highest ranked pay cable program viewed during that week, according to Entertainment Weekly.
Added September 14, 2002, thanks to IK
We understand that “Angel Eyes” will play in film houses in Japan this fall.
Note The history of our site traffic reveals that this opening brought us the highest traffic numbers, until ‘Passion’.
As of August 2, 2003, we’ve lost our link to a Japanese site. It was a fun site to visit even if you didn’t read Japanese, because the graphics were intuitive and in the main photo of Ms Lopez’s face, the eyes would wink periodically.
Added
September 15, 2002
And here are some production notes.
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FAQ
Question
Where can I find the official site?
Answer
This is the official “Angel Eyes” Web site.
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