The Life Before Her Eyes

2008 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller

Synopsis

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

Scores

Overall Score
54.1
Popularity Percentile (Year)
52.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
63.0%
Review Aggregate
43.0

Critic Consensus

24.7% Fresh • 93 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 25% of 93 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, visually striking, thought-provoking. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

thin plotvisually strikingthought-provokingemotionalpsychologicalcharacter-drivencoming of agesurrealpacing issuesgritty

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Uma Thurman2008$935,000$1,362,000(est)
Evan Rachel Wood2008$575,000$838,000(est)
Eva Amurri2008$433,000$631,000(est)
Brett Cullen2008$354,000$516,000(est)
Gabrielle Brennan2008$303,000$441,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score24.0
RT critic review count95
Rotten Tomatoes audience score51.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating6.2
IMDb votes15,176

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2008$303,439$442,122
International2008$6,945,051$10,119,194
Worldwide2008$7,248,490$10,561,316

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2008$2,929,740$4,268,739
Digital Rentals ?2008$782,000$1,139,403
Digital Purchases ?2008$279,000$406,513
Physical Rentals ?2008$6,482,000$9,444,512
Physical Purchases ?2008$13,430,000$19,568,003
TV & Streaming Revenue2008$136,548$198,955
Total Revenues2008$24,039,287$35,026,124
Expenses
Budget ?2008$13,000,000$18,941,477
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2008$2,329,000 (est)$3,393,438 (est)
Participations2008$962,000$1,401,669
Residuals ?2008$1,513,000$2,204,497
Interest & Overhead2008$2,600,000$3,788,295
Total Expenses2008$20,404,000$29,729,377
Movie Net Profit or Loss2008$3,635,287$5,296,747

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