Bright Eyes

December. 17,1984      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

One of the earliest documentaries to deal with AIDS.

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Reviews

Pluskylang
1984/12/17

Great Film overall

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Matrixiole
1984/12/18

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

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Chirphymium
1984/12/19

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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Geraldine
1984/12/20

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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