History Film / TheVoyeurs

* DisproportionateRetribution: Pippa's (albeit unethical) voyeurism leads to some excessively harsh karma in the form of [[spoiler: a photo of Thomas hanging himself being exhibited and Julia pinning the blame entirely on her]]. Say what you will about her habit of spying on other people, but Pippa definitely didn't deserve to have ''that'' publicly associated with her. [[Spoiler:Specially if you take into account that Thomas didn't really commit suicide; it was Julia who drugged him and hanged him.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Thomas comes home, he drinks from a bottle, gags at the taste and pours the rest of it into the bird feeder on their balcony. He then looks across the street and sees [[spoiler: Pippa cheating on him with Sebastian. The next morning, Pippa comes home and finds Thomas hanging by his neck from the ceiling. It's not until some time later that Pippa spots the dead birds that have accumulated near the bird feeder and realizes Thomas didn't kill himself]].

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: It's pretty obvious that [[spoiler: Pippa's growing obsession with Sebastian and Julia is rooted in her arousal over Sebastian's sexual adventures. Fully confirmed by the fact that after Pippa and Thomas break up, she (the same day) agrees to go out for drinks with Sebastian and lets him take nude pictures of her, very obviously predicting the sexual affair that ensues.]]

* {{Bookends}}: The film begins with Pippa and Thomas moving into their new apartment and seeing Sebastian and Julia through the windows. The film ends with a different couple moving into Pippi and Thomas' former apartment and seeing Sebastian and Julia (who are now blind) through the windows.
* ChekhovsGun: Pippa's job, as an opthamologist who does laser eye surgery. She uses her skills to blind Sebastian and Julia.
* TheConspiracy:[[spoiler: Sebastian's new exhibition turns out to be a series of photographs depicting Pippa and Thomas's voyeurism, with every single event in the film orchestrated by Sebastian and Julia for the exhibition. Even the lease for the apartment contained a photo release form - that neither Thomas nor Pippa bothered to read when they signed.]]
* ADeadlyAffair: After Pippa befriends Julia, she takes it upon herself to warn Julia that Sebastian is cheating on her via anonymous faxes. Julia is driven into a rage and contemplates killing Sebastian in his sleep, before breaking down. [[spoiler: The next morning, Thomas and Pippa see that Julia killed herself. Or so it seems...]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: Pippa's (albeit unethical) voyeurism leads to some excessively harsh karma in the form of [[spoiler: a photo of Thomas hanging himself being exhibited and Julia pinning the blame entirely on her]]. Say what you will about her habit of spying on other people, but Pippa definitely didn't deserve to have ''that'' publicly associated with her.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Pun intended. [[spoiler: Pippa blinds Sebastian -- a star photographer -- and Julia by drugging them and giving them excessive laser-surgery as punishment for their voyeurism and apparent murder of Thomas.]]

* ThePeepingTom: Pippa and Thomas start spying on their sexy neighbors across the way as the pair have sex with the windows wide open. They're at first conflicted, but increasingly get into it and even plant bugs in the neighbors' apartment for this. After it turns out Sebastian has been sleeping with many other women during the day, they get increasingly involved with their lives. [[spoiler:It turns out in the end that Sebastian and Julia had also been spying on ''them'' this whole time, even sneakily getting legal permission for it, and wanted them to watch, role-playing things for manipulation.]]

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys : It's pretty obvious that [[spoiler: Pippa's growing obsession with Sebastian and Julia is rooted in the fact that she was quite aroused by Sebastian's sexual adventures. Fully confirmed by the fact that when Pippa and Thomas fight , she (the same day) agrees to go out for drinks with Sebastian and lets him take nude pictures of her , very obviously predicting a sexual affair . ]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Pippa's (albeit unethical) voyeurism leads to some excessively harsh karma in the form of [[spoiler: a photo of Thomas hanging himself being exhibited and Julia pinning the blame entirely on her.]] Say what you will about her habit of spying on other people, but Pippa definitely didn't deserve to have ''that'' publicly associated with her.

** [[spoiler:Julia appears to slit her wrists after discovering Sebastian's been cheating on her. It turns out to be faked though.]]
** [[spoiler:Thomas hangs himself on seeing Pippa having sex with Sebastian, though she later suspects this was also faked, with it being murder, and it's strongly implied she's right.]]

* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Pippa blinds Julia and Sebastian after she drugged them at the end using a laser surgery device, in revenge for their voyeurism. We see Sebastian's eye actually sizzling.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Julia faked her suicide in the bathroom, showing up alive later as part of the ambush she springs with Sebastian on Pippa.]]
* FanDisservice: Pippa's nude photoshoot is initially very sexy, but [[spoiler: it quickly becomes this when Sebastian and Julia reveal the photos of her to an entire audience at an art gallery.]]

** Four different models are shown nude and or having sex with Sebastian. All of them are of course beautiful, but none get names onscreen or in most cases even lines.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Thomas comes home, he drinks from a bottle, gags at the taste and pours the rest of it into the bird feeder on their balcony. He then looks across the street and sees [[spoiler: Pippa cheating on him with Sebastian. The next morning, Pippa comes home and finds Thomas hanging by his neck from ceiling. It's not until some time later that Pippa spots the dead birds that have accumulated near the bird feeder and realizes Thomas didn't kill himself.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: Pun intended. [[spoiler: Pippa blinds Sebastian - a star photographer - and Julia by drugging them and giving them excessive laser-surgery, for their voyeurism.]]

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler:Pippa thinks Thomas didn't actually kill himself after noticing some evidence, but he was drugged by Julia and then hanged by her to make it look this way. It isn't explicitly confirmed, but strongly implied she's right.]]

* MrFanservice: Sebastian is a handsome man who's basically a WalkingShirtlessScene, since he spends about half the film with his shirt off, showing his muscles (in some cases while having sex too).

** Pippa is shown topless at length when Sebastian photographs her, and later while having sex with him. She is quite pretty and buxom.

* {{Polyamory}}: {{Discussed|Trope}} when Pippa sees Sebastian having sex with other women, her friends suggesting he's not really cheating on Julia but they have an open relationship. [[spoiler:It does seem to be the case at the end, as she's in on everything.]]
* ReadTheFinePrint: Thomas and Pippa failed to notice that the lease they signed to rent the apartment included [[spoiler:a photo release form that allows Julia and Sebastian to use their images for their latest art project]]. This is even lampshaded in an interview by Julia and Sebastian.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Seb seems to have an allergy to shorts. Lampshaded when Thomas watches a shirtless Seb photographing a topless model and laughs about them both having their shirts off.

* MatchCut: A little BlackComedy as the film cuts from an extreme closeup of an eye (one of the clients at Pippa's laser surgery job) to a closeup of a soft-boiled egg as Pippa slices it open.

* DramaticDrop: Pippa is getting turned on by Sebastian's chiseled torso as she watches him. Then he seems to make eye contact with her from across the way, causing her to dramatically drop the glass she's holding.