jaapeelman I saw this movie because my girlfriend said that it was an OK-movie. After checking the rating at IMDb.com decided to watch it. The movie gives a good view what it does to a person surviving something horrible whilst others die giving the surviving person a feeling of guild. The flashbacks give you an insight what happened the fatal day and how the two young girls are. A flaw in the story us that if someone experiences this kind of nightmare it is really unbelievable that she stays living in the same town and even starts giving class in the school where it happened. This is very unlikely! But the big disappointment was the ending were Diana was shot four times at close range with an automatic weapon whilst the other was apparently not hurt but as I understand the movie correctly the one who was shot stayed alive and the other one died??? Not possible!! Therefore I can not recommend this movie. After the initial review of this movie I had a discussion with my girlfriend and she said that everything that we saw happening to the grown-up Diana was all she saw before her eyes when the killer asked who to shot. And because she did not like what she saw she said also to the killer to shoot her and not her girlfriend. That would explain that she could not survive with four time shot.... You probably need to be a woman to understand something like this and for me it means even stronger that it was a mistake to watch this movie. For you guys: do not watch it!!! You have been warned!

ChargedFan I just happened across this movie on The Movie Channel last night, and I must say I am so glad I did. I hesitated to watch, because I'm honestly not a fan of Uma Thurman at all—but I do think Evan Rachel Wood is a pretty impressive actress, and I'd never heard anything about this movie, so I thought I'd give it a look at the start, with plans on probably switching over to another show when it started—but I never switched to the other show. I actually think it's perhaps the best I've ever seen of Uma Thurman, although granted I've not watched much of hers. I was impressed as usual by Even Rachel Wood's performance—and I had no idea who the young actress playing her friend Maureen was (until I came and read the reviews here), but I thought she did a pretty good job as well. But I digress from my main reason for coming and posting on this site.Granted, I was tired when I happened upon this and was halfway working at the start of the movie so I wasn't fully focused (at least not at first, but I did quickly become more focused as the movie went on), but I did not think the title nor certain of the music others have cited was a dead give-away to what was actually happening, nor was I making sense of some of the connections (for instance, the adult Diana saying "no" when asked if she was a survivor at the memorial that I saw one reviewer referenced—and after reading it, I thought "Oh yeah, okay!")…so when we actually finally got the full footage of the key bathroom scene, I was taken completely by surprise.I watched through the whole movie fully believing I was watching one thing, which I should note I thought was a pretty good story as I thought it was being told—hence the earlier comment about Uma Thurman, I thought she appeared to be very believable as a PTSD victim and I enjoyed what I thought was a study of the human psyche following such a traumatic event--even if some things didn't seem to make sense, only to find it was something completely different. I don't normally respond out loud to things I'm watching on TV, but my initial response when we finally got the full bathroom footage was a verbally spoken "Oh my God!" I immediately questioned what I had watched (and I'll leave it at that so as to not give away the twist), and wished that I could re-watch it all again immediately. Alas, I could not—so I came onto this site instead to look for these reviews. And I'm glad I did as so many things I hadn't realized the significance of when I was watching it became clear. And still, I wish I could watch it again pretty much right away, or wish I had been paying closer attention at the start—so I will be looking to rent this somewhere in the very near future.As to those who said there was too much flashback-forward method used, having seen this after the start of the 2010 fall TV season, I can say that I think both The Event and The Whole Truth—both TV shows that I want to like and watch—may use too much of this method for me. This movie did not. It seemed well-paced throughout, and although I sometimes found the Uma Thurman parts seeming a little long and wishing we'd get back to the younger girls and the "critical scene," I realized after the fact that it was probably just perfect as it was.All in all, this is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time—and it definitely kept me thinking about it for a long time afterward, something few movies do. The comparisons to "Sixth Sense" are perhaps somewhat appropriate—yet this movie is entirely different in many ways and therefore does not deserve to be called a "copycat" in my book. I didn't see "Elephant" so I can't speak to that. Anybody who appreciates a thinking movie, who appreciates the complexities and frailties of the human psyche, and who doesn't mind seeing the realistic tragedy of a school shooting played out—which I thought they reflected the terror of quite well in this movie—should appreciate this movie.

watchesfilms I really have to question whether the people who reviewed this film in a positive way did, in fact, work on the film. It's just so bad and pretentious. And was this film not already made...Gus Van Sant's film, albeit a different point of view?! The script is clearly dreadful and how they ever got Vadim Perelman involved in this mess is beyond me. I don't see any of the directing skill from House of Sand and Fog. The flashbacks are really cheap and the whole film is just full of obvious device. This was a bad script that got some notable talent attached and somehow made it to production. And what a mistake that was. The Life Before Her Eyes should have been killed in development.

Space turd I've never posted a review or even so much as commented on a film here, or anywhere else BUT after just viewing this movie I wanted to see other opinions.This was the first site I stumbled upon. Im not even going to comment on the the life before her eyes, instead I'd like to question some of the negative reviews left. To slate a movie and then say that the you "skipped" scenes and obviously didn't pick up on MAJOR plot points explained throughout the movie many times is sad to be honest. Many of the negative reviews are complete drivel and only serve to show the stupidity or idiocy of the reviewer.Other negative reviews are coherent and we'll written and even though I enjoyed the movie I can understand some of the annoyances. I doubt I'll ever take the time to post here again :D (Im the lazy sort) but I would recommend this movie to anyone as its one of the better movies I've seen in a long time :) BUT I would warn that its slow moving and tries to be a little too emotional for its own good.that is all