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Back to Podcast EpisodesReel Eyes Podcast: Holland Review — Optometry in Film & Contact Lens Safety
The Reel Eyes Podcast takes a sharp, entertaining turn into suspense cinema with Holland—a small-town thriller where an eye doctor sits at the center of the plot. Hosts Dr. Jacobi Cleaver and Dr. Jacob Wilson blend movie breakdown with clinical reality, exploring how optometry in film can play surprisingly well on screen while offering teachable moments about contact lens safety, after-hours triage, and patient communication. For eye care professionals, this isn’t just a movie review—it’s a case study in how pop culture reflects (and sometimes distorts) life in the exam lane.
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Optometry On Screen: What Holland Gets Right (and Wrong)
In Holland, the town’s eye doctor is a well-known figure—church leader, community staple, and, as the plot unfolds, something far darker. The Reel Eyes Podcast team uses this premise to spotlight the everyday rhythms of clinic life that cinema often glosses over. From the receptionist insisting a patient return for a “retina check” after dilation to the all-too-familiar after-hours “stuck contact lens” call, the movie sprinkles in moments that ring true.
Where it stumbles: exaggerated conference travel (weekly “trainings” for a new lens modality) and an eye exam sequence that parks a patient at the slit lamp far longer than any of us would tolerate. These quirks become opportunities to educate listeners: where the script leans theatrical, clinicians can redirect attention to evidence-based care.
Takeaway: Films don’t have to be perfect to be useful. Use them to spark conversations in your practice about what real optometry looks like—and why it matters.
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