Look into My Eyes review, step inside the world of psychics

Look into My Eyes, from documentary director Lana Wilson, takes us on a visit to seven New York City psychics and the people who come to them for help. There’s no judgement in the film as to whether the people offering psychic services are “real” or not. Instead we get an empathetic look into their lives.

Look into My Eyes attracted my attention because of the director Lana Wilson more than because of the topic. Wilson also directed Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, Miss Americana, and many other documentaries.

As the title Look into My Eyes hints, the work the psychics do is more about finding connection and offering empathy than about any kind of supernatural power. There’s no judgement about what they do or how they do it.

The psychics shown are nameless, as are the people who come to them for help. And they do help. They do provide some healing. Even the ones who admit they don’t know if what they do is real still offer healing.

They listen. They connect. That’s their gift. The human connection they offer is as healing as any insight that might come from the spirit world.

One woman is a a pet psychic. She meets her clients outside under a street light. Many of them are aspiring actors, writers, and singers who audition and try open mikes when they aren’t dealing with clients. My impression of the psychics is they were all wounded healers. Their own trauma and hurt makes them able to be compassionate and understanding with others.

The seven shown in the film meet as a group. There they heal each other with kindness and understanding. They all need it as much as the clients they give it to.

This documentary isn’t a must see film. It was well done if you’re interested in that world (or that director) but not something I’m urging everyone to watch. If you do watch it, I’d like to hear your impressions of it. The film is streaming on Max.