Peep Show (1981) User Reviews

Interesting

[Squrpleboy · 5/10 · 17 November 2002]

This early film by Atom Egoyan is interesting in that it mixes live- action B&W shots with a sort of transparent colour-layering animation technique (sort of like a poor-man's rotoscoping) to create a rather "eclipsing-world" effect. Over-all the film doesn't really stand out in terms of acting or plot, and seems at a loss for any real ending, but die-hard Egoyan fans and experimental film buffs might find it intriguing. 5/10.

Nothing to indicate riches to come.

[mst-5 · 5/10 · 23 March 2003]

An early Egoyan short. "Peep Show" does not provide a great deal of material for analysis, even for Egoyan fanatics, and in this respect is inferior to "Howard in Particular," another early Egoyan film. The film uses a curious, oddly imperfect, color layering technique which is visually interesting, but no more than that. The strange goings on in a photo booth do, however, presage "Amelie", as well as an X-files episode. This film, along with "Open House" and "Howard in Particular," is available on the "Family Viewing" DVD.