gridoon Review of Short Eyes

Short Eyes (1977)

You'd better be prepared for a difficult film.

[5/10 · 31 July 2002]

"Short Eyes" has an authentic look and feel, but suffers from an unfocused script, confusing dialogue (racial tensions run high in this prison....and the movie begs for subtitles!) and static direction. You know that something is wrong when the most compelling scene in a movie is the sordid confessional monologue of a child-molester. (**)