This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Written and directed by Nick Willing, "Close Your Eyes" (aka "Doctor Sleep") is a taut, highly effective British thriller that supplements its crime drama scenario with generous helpings of the supernatural and paranormal.Michael Strother is a hypnotherapist who has returned to England with his pregnant wife and young daughter after seven years living in the States. Strother is asked by one of his patients, a policewoman named Janet Losey, to bring his professional expertise to bear on one of her most baffling cases, that of a little girl who's managed to escape the clutches of a serial killer but who has been rendered mute by the experience. Strother's involvement leads to complications not only with the highly skeptical police force who are less than thrilled at the prospect of having a hynotherapist working on the case, but with his wife as well who fears that any untoward publicity might reflect badly on her husband's career. Of even more concern is the fact that Strother's involvement might also be making him and his own family a target of the killer.It would hardly be cricket to reveal much more of the plot here, so I'll just say that "Close Your Eyes" boasts a better-than-average storyline, intriguing characters, an effective back story involving Strother's past in America, and enough genuine suspense to help us ride up and over some of the inconsistencies and absurdities inherent in the material. And if the resolution comes out as a bit flatfooted - well, that doesn't wind up being too much of a handicap since weak endings seem to be just about par for the course when it comes to these types of films anyway.The prime selling point of "Close Your Eyes" is that it makes us care about the characters, particularly Strother, who elicits our interest and sympathy from the start. Goran Visnjic and Shirley Henderson make an engaging crime-fighting team with just the right amount of unrequited sexual chemistry bubbling under the surface to add to the tension.As a director, Willing frequently interrupts the narrative with free-floating flashes of dreams, memories and hypnotic suggestions, reflective of what is occurring in the minds of the characters. The effect is sometimes confusing but almost always effective in ratcheting up the level of mystery and feeling of dislocation necessary for the story. The film is a bit gruesome and gory at times, but the prime focus almost always remains on the character's interactions and the unraveling of the plot. This is a solid, well-crafted thriller.

Compelling and provocatively literate crime thriller along the SILENCE OF THE LAMBS variety. Goran Visnjic plays a hypnotist who managed to get a connection with a 10 yr old girl who escaped from a ritualistic serial killer. His family winds up being endangered, of course, but the way the story plays out, including his platonic rapport with the British detective, hampered by her superiors, in solving the case is quite enjoyable. Murders turn out to have something to do with 16th Century occultism. Overall a quite satisfying mystery/thriller, nicely made, and effectively directed. Simon Boswell contributes an effectively eerie score that adds to the atmosphere.

I have seen this movie a year ago, and I still remember all of it. It is gripping and terrifying, and I was staring at the screen, transfixed, for the entire length of it. It gave me some nightmares too, but it was well worth seeing. The characters were fantastic and scary (the baddies) and some parts were so scary I had to stop myself from screaming! Haunting and well-written, this mystery is great. The end (although I won't say what happens) is especially scary, and shook me, sending chills down my bones. Seriously, the end is fantastic (well, bad really, but the quality is fantastic) and leaves you thinking about the movie when it's dark and you're all alone... This film is fantastic. Go and see it. Rent a DVD/video. Watch it on the TV. But don't do it alone...

This was a great movie.Not only was the subject "different" and refreshing, but the ending was also unexpected and successful unlike "GODSEND" and many other paranormal type movies.The acting is excellent, given that this is not your standard action movie. Corin Redgrave was good - Goran Visnjic is good and convincing, and, if I may say so his accent is amazingly genuine. Eat your heart out Mr Governor!!! He did a really good job of appearing distraught but not freaked out through the action.I thoroughly recommend this movie! It's much better than most!