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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleEarly on, it's tempting to dismiss the noir pastiche The Girl From the Naked Eye as a warmed-over pulp wannabe, what with the overwrought camera work and clichéd dialogue. But in its moments of sometimes comically violent antagonism, the movie shows some flashes of genre pizazz.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt isn't a great movie, but it looks terrific and makes me look forward to the next film by its director, David Ren. He has a good eye.
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe Girl from the Naked Eye has heart, which is more than can be said of some other recent genre throwbacks, but it ultimately makes barely a splash.
- So deadpan are the dialogue and narration that it's hard to tell whether the laughs are intentional. What with all the shrieking, dumb bad-girl hookers and the wistful, wounded good-girl hookers, the sexism is so creepy it might be an ironic genre critique. Then again, maybe it's just creepy.
- Too bad the film itself is so derivative, it could have been assembled from Robert Rodriguez's discard bin.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceThere are dozens of better, riskier, more interesting films that go unreleased every year - why this militantly dull effort is taking their place is its only worthwhile mystery.
- 30VarietyRob NelsonVarietyRob NelsonGets one's attention but doesn't keep it, due to ill-cued flashbacks, groan-inducing dialogue and wooden performances.