BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Kaat1220 I find it a bit hard to quantify what makes this film so spectacular; it just is.It flows seamlessly from drama to mystery to comedy to horror to romance.Ciarin Hinds and Iben Hjejle have excellent on screen chemistry. These are two people who have been out in the world and experienced life. Hannah Lynch is not in the film a lot, but she brings much to the role as the caring daughter. Mac the dog does a great job as Ringo (gotta love a dog named after a Beatle). What makes Ciarin Hinds so special is that he is honest, mysterious, complicated, and vulnerable without even trying. He is a seasoned actor, and I cannot imagine anyone else in the lead role. He's simply a lovely man.The mark of a great film is that it is over before you want it to be over, and you feel satisfied.

zaenkney "The Eclipse" is a surreal walk in the shoes of a few Irish villagers. Some have criticized this piece for being somewhat disjointed and confusing. I must heartily disagree! It is simply a limited time in life of a few very interesting people in Ireland at a Literary Conference and how those lives rode a little rougher when disturbed by the supernatural.For those who have forfeited pieces of your heart a bloody chunk at a time after losing someone dear, this movie will inspire. Our psyche, often in partnership with our dreams, can work through some regret, pain, loss, guilt and loneliness by gifting us very real visions in which we touch or hug that loved one, possibly even sharing meaningful words with them. In 2006 my sister died in a fire. On and off, for a few years, I experienced the sound of her calling my name in the night shortly after I fell asleep. This happened several times, waking me, bringing me to actually look for her. In fact, many years before that, I had the opportunity to be with and hold my infant daughter, who died of SIDS when she was 5 months. I held her preciousness in my arms and played with her several times over a matter of years. This always seemed to occur in the twilight of my sleep. At first, I experienced the loss of her, magnified when I awoke, knowing it was a dream; after a couple of years, I unexpectedly became grateful for the privilege to spend that time with her. Since my loss, I have talked with so many people who have experienced similar incidents. I can almost imagine these phenomena taking themselves just a step further. Can't you? The enigmatic Ciaran Hinds has held my attention since I first noticed him in Jane Austen's "Persuasion". He seemed an unlikely, oafish sort for the part. I was wrong. The man, as I have witnessed since, is a great character actor and quite a strong, yet vulnerable, lead.The music was beautiful and apropos, the subject matter intriguing, the acting well done and as a note of interest, the writer, Billy Roche, was the host of the literary event. While he was just short of invisible, he managed to create some comic relief. This was an eccentrically mysterious movie you will either love or not. It IS definitely worth the time to give it a try.

staciarose20 This movie may move too slow for some people who are used to modern horror movies where everything is constant gore or sex. The Eclipse is more true to an actually book story being told. I liked the setting and the scenery. I liked the characters..except Aidan Quinn's, and that's just natural because he's annoying. The older man popping up out of nowhere actually is scary because the music that goes along with the scene is so tranquil up until that point. I was watching it in the dark, but even in the light the scenes like that will catch you off guard. Overall this was a good story and plot. His deceased wife coming back at the end to see him was emotionally real and thoughtful.

Rob-O-Cop this movie may have had a point but it was so badly made it was lost on me. It didn't help that the story was all over the show. I have no idea what Adian Quinns part in all this was but he was an unappealing character drawn in cliché lines. Iben Hjejle's character was sort of interesting or heading towards it but never got there but at least she elicited more connection than Ciarán Hinds character who I really couldn't care less about. There were a couple of good scary moments in this film, but they were for absolutely no reason. Mybe the point of this movie was pointlessness, but that's not really a movie I want to spend time or money watching. Its one saving grace was its beautiful location and cinematography, which absolutely do NOT make a worthwhile watch.