In Your Eyes
An isolated doctor's wife and a troubled ex-con discover a telepathic bond that turns distance into the possibility of escape and love.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- wistful
- tender
- hopeful
- date night
- quiet evening
What critics said
Critics generally found the film tender, entertaining, and smartly handled within a lightweight premise, while noting that its sentimental setup and underdeveloped obstacles limit its depth.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Rebecca and Dylan hear and experience one another across the country through an inexplicable mental connection.
Both Rebecca's sheltered marriage and Dylan's post-incarceration struggle are transformed by their shared connection.
Rebecca's frozen East Coast life is set against Dylan's sun-drenched New Mexico circumstances.
Rebecca withers amid cocktail parties and lonely nights as the wife of a successful doctor.
Films like In Your Eyes, and why
The Lake House
shares a metaphysical connection, intimate romantic drama, and wistful supernatural premise
Frequency
combines romance with an unusual communication device and emotionally sincere speculative elements
The Adjustment Bureau
pairs a lonely protagonist with a mysterious cross-boundary relationship in a gentle fantasy romance
Movie Details
- Director
- Brin Hill
- Release Date
- 2014-04-20
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (736)
Cast
- Zoe Kazan
- Michael Stahl-David
- Mark Feuerstein
- Steve Howey
- David Gallagher
- Steve Harris
- Nikki Reed
- Reed Birney
- Jennifer Grey
- Richard Riehle
Common questions
- What is In Your Eyes about?
- An isolated doctor's wife and a troubled ex-con discover a telepathic bond that turns distance into the possibility of escape and love.
- What is In Your Eyes like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In Your Eyes as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is In Your Eyes violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in In Your Eyes as mild.
- What did critics think of In Your Eyes?
- Critics generally found the film tender, entertaining, and smartly handled within a lightweight premise, while noting that its sentimental setup and underdeveloped obstacles limit its depth.
- Which films are like In Your Eyes?
- Films with a similar feel include The Lake House, Frequency, and The Adjustment Bureau.
- How long is In Your Eyes?
- In Your Eyes runs 106 minutes.
