i must have seen a different film!!

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Hypnotic content. Wonderful performances. Both my wife and I rate it as one of the finest films we've seen in a long time. Extremely sad but an inspiring lesson in the decency of most people in the face of living in a world that seems, at times, to allow unkindness to triumph.

This film seems to have received mixed reviews and it does have a simple storyline when told in chronological fashion. Here the chronology is deliberately set askew to allow the facts of the story to unfold at a slower, more thought provoking pace. We read about similar tragedies all too often and never seem to give them the importance that they deserve. This picture attempts to correct some of that. If you really disliked this film see No One Would Tell (1996) (TV) http://us.imdb.com/Details?0117191 which tells a somewhat similar story in the normal chronology and then ask yourself, "Which was more effective"Overall, I'd recommend this film to those that care more more about character development than plot points.

"Eye of God" is a very ordinary, austere, plodding film about a murder and the events which lead up to it which features Holbrook and a small ensemble cast of supporting tier-two actors. Technically and artistically an okay shoot, this film shows us nothing new, is intentionally predictable, and is filmed on location in "dust bowl" Oklahoma leaving the audience with little to chew on. Not a particularly satisfying watch which manipulates the time domain for effect, "Eye of God" is best saved for broadcast. One can only wonder about the user comments for this flick as, at this writing, 76% of the user votes were (8,9, or 10) above the weighted average of seven.

Directed by Tim Blake Nelson, most recently recognisable from his performances in Holes and The Good Girl, Eye of God is a story of doomed love and loneliness told out of order. Martha Plimpton is Ainsley Dupree (a name I think sounds quite cool and have since used in stories of my own) a waitress who falls in love with a dangerous ex-con (Kevin Anderson). After wondering what the hell she has soon married into she seeks comfort with lonely teenager Tom.I liked this movie a lot and the performances were very good all round. Especially Holbrook, he was just so believable as an old sheriff who's seen it all. Nick Stahl is much better here than he was in Disturbing Behavior. I think the last few scenes with him and Martha Plimpton were quite intimate and it really made the whole movie totally enjoyable for me.Highly recommended but quite a rare film to come across in stores or on TV.