Shut Eye

2016

Seasons & Episodes

  • 2
  • 1

7.3| 0h30m| TV-MA| en
Synopsis

A darkly comedic look at the world of Los Angeles storefront psychics and the organized crime syndicate that runs them. Former magician Charlie Haverford oversees a number of fortune telling parlors on behalf of his violent and domineering Romani kingpin boss, until a blow to the head jars him into a new mindset, making him question everything he has ever believed.

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Reviews

Pluskylang Great Film overall
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
sirkjeff I was trying to think how to tell a good friend about the show. I could not explain what show main theme is. Its that good. Well written and just when you feel you know the ending of the storyline . it goes into another storyline that is even better.
deeana-78424 I binge watched seasons 1 and 2, and I am hoping that there will be a season 3 because I am hooked. You have to remember that it is a dark comedy, so it is not trying to portray reality, but satirize elements of reality such as psychics, new age motivational speakers, gypsy families, crime families, and blend them all together into a violent dishonest dangerous interactive soup, that swirls around some innocent naive teenagers who are caught up in the horror of Romany tradition. While it is satire, you just do not know if at the heart of it all, whether the visions that Charlie has after a blow to the head are real, valid evidence of actual psychic phenomenon, while on the other hand the storyline seems to invalidate real psychics like John Edward. Towards the end of season 2, Jeffrey Donovan looks, sounds and performs so much like John Edward, that I began to feel that the series was aimed at John Edward. However, in this comedic version of reality, Charlie has a team relaying messages to him based on research that they have done from the internet social media, which did not even exist when John Edward was a popular TV celebrity. Anyway, if there is a Season 3, there are some plot lines left hanging, and it could all end as the season ended, or take everything to another level. However, the main theme seems to be that everything is a con and nothing is real.
escctrlshift I'm frankly surprised -- seven episodes of viewing into the first season -- that I like this show as much as I do. It's a great binge watch for starters. It's not hard to keep track of the action. But the themes and characters that have emerged so far are intriguing -- and not, for the most part, very stereotypical. This is a very talented, and very interesting-looking, cast. The Roma-themed plot provides an excellent super-text for the main protagonist's unfolding experience of his extraordinary gift. The evil characters -- especially Isabella Rossellini's -- are only partial foils, and hers may yet be not as nasty as she looks. Every character, even the ostensible 'saint' among them, has some damning faults, not a few of them extremely damning. So altogether, this makes for great drama, interesting synchromagic (invoked, no doubt, with some backroom help from LA's Roma community), and powerful food for thought, for anyone who is 'gifted' or living with a spooky, or otherwise scrambled, brain.
King-Toby Bell this was one of those i started very slowly,it plods along for the first few episodes, then omg it starts to bite,I love my TV, there are lots of new shows to watch and this is one that i loved.I m not going into the plot or the characters but there is easily enough to get you hooked,please for the love of god make another series..I liked the angles, the story , it twists a little, keeps you dangling i ended up watching the last 5 all in a row.I don't know what else to say apart from the fact that everyone in my circle of friends has now watched it,and are eagerly awaiting a new series,so come on guys lets have another one.. :)