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"The Life Before Her Eyes" is a drama released in 2007 starring Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood.  Anyone who has seen this movie is probably thinking that if this is my favorite movie, I must be a deeply disturbed person.  Although this may be true, the truth is that it isn't my favorite movie.  I am simply obsessed with it.  I have seen this movie about 4 times now and will probably see it many more because, every time I watch it, I notice something new.  The entire 90 minutes is filled with tiny clues that, to the most unbelievably observant audience member, would completely give away the ending and ruin the movie.  Luckily enough, I don't think there exists a person who could notice all of the tiny hints, much less string them all together to come up with the right result.  Honestly, the first time I watched the movie, I did not understand it at all.  I sat there, in front of the blank TV screen, for about 10 minutes after the movie ended trying to reason out what the ending meant.  This, in my opinion, is what makes an interesting movie.  There are as many different interpretations as there are different personalities of viewers.  Everyone who watches this movie will walk away with a different life lesson.  My only advice is to watch it more than once and, if you are squeamish about blood, with an empty stomach.