Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in a basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively feels is a murder case.
Julia's Eyes is a competent Spanish Hitchcockian thriller with strong visual craft — the subjective camera work simulating Julia's deteriorating vision is genuinely inventive and atmospheric, elevating the cinematography well above average. The plot is serviceable and effectively tense for much of its runtime, leaning into its blindness-as-vulnerability premise with reasonable skill, though it struggles with some contrivances. The acting is solid without being remarkable. Novelty sits at above average largely due to its distinctive visual approach to the protagonist's perspective, even if the broader whodunit structure is familiar. The ending, however, is its weakest point — the climax and resolution feel deflating and somewhat implausible, failing to pay off the tension the film builds.