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Blindness (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 97

Fresh: 38

Rotten:59

Average Rating: 5.2/10

Consensus: This allegorical disaster film about society's reaction to mass blindness is mottled and self-satisfied; provocative but not as interesting as its premise implies.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence including sexual assaults, language and sexuality/nudity

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release: Oct 3, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $2,002,000

Synopsis: When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine. BLINDNESS, starring Academy Award®-nominee Julianne... When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine. BLINDNESS, starring Academy Award®-nominee Julianne Moore, Gael García Bernal, Mark Ruffalo, Sandra Oh and Danny Glover, is a psychological thriller about the fragility of mankind. Adapted from Nobel Laureate José Saramago’s masterwork, the film is directed by Academy Award®-nominee Fernando Meirelles (“City of God”) from a screenplay by Tony Award-winner Don McKellar (“The Drowsy Chaperone”). --© Miramax Films [More]

Starring: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal

Starring: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal, Alice Braga, Sandra Oh

Director: Fernando Meirelles

Director: Fernando Meirelles
Screenwriter: Don McKellar
Producer: Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Niv Fichman, Sonoko Sakai
Composer: Marco Antonio Guimaraes, Uakti
Studio: Miramax Films

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...fails because the source material doesn't easily lend itself to cinema, and because the filmmaker is clearly out of his depth.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
10/07/08
Chris Barsanti
PopMatters
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It will (and should) make some people uncomfortable, but more importantly it's a unique film experience and that is something difficult to pull off.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
10/07/08
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review
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Even though it has some problems, I ended up enjoying this atmospheric tale about the evil inside of man, due to Meirelles fantastic visual style.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
10/07/08
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine
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A movie rotten with the fear that the audience might possibly miss the point if the filmmakers don't hammer us over the head repeatedly.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
10/06/08
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
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Moore comes through with a performance that is ferocious in its intensity

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10/06/08
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews
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[It] could conceivably be shown in a Western Civ course. Like that required 100-level history course, though, the movie itself sometimes feels like swallowing your medicine.

Full Review Source: Scene-Stealers.com | comment Comment
10/06/08
Eric Melin
Scene-Stealers.com
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Set in a nameless English-speaking city where people are suddenly stricken with sightlessness, it's an allegory that never rises to the level of believability.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment 1 Comment
10/06/08
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
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The adventurous should give the movie -- and absolutely the book -- a shot. But if it's not your thing, I'm not about to tell you it should be.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
10/06/08
Rob Gonsalves
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Weak story that works well as allegory.

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10/05/08
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve
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The cool desaturated palette hides the very off-putting but necessary horror that the novel achieved. Despite a solid cast it's a little flat.

Full Review Source: Film Experience | comment Comment
10/05/08
Nathaniel Rogers
Film Experience
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A relentless eyesore -- like looking into the sky and having sand poured into your eyes.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
10/05/08
Matthew Sorrento
Film Threat
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Depth and relevance make up for the somewhat over-egged filmmaking

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
10/05/08
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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...watching Blindness feels a lot like being jerked around for two hours by someone who is so caught up in his own cleverness that he feels no need to explain or justify anything.

Full Review Source: Playback:stl | comment 1 Comment
10/04/08
Sarah Boslaugh
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I found the depiction of a total breakdown in society's niceties compelling, harrowing, and fascinating.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
10/04/08
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com
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A ridiculous allegorical story that must be taken literally to be believed even though it's so absurd.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
10/04/08
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
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A stunning masterpiece, enriched by the enormously talented Moore who conveys with startling assurance, the excruciating pain of human awareness and consciousness, that sight can ironically bring.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
10/04/08
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze
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Blindness is a glum, ugly film, and pretentious in the bargain. But, perhaps least excusable, it is a fundamentally ill-conceived film, the visual depiction of a world without sight.

Full Review Source: New Republic | comment Comment
10/03/08
Christopher Orr
New Republic
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One of the most unpleasant viewing experiences of my life.

Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com | comment 1 Comment
10/03/08
Brandon Fibbs
BrandonFibbs.com
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No doubt every reviewer who sees Blindness will dig deep for his or her own special vision-related play on words. Here is mine: Blindness is a film I wish I hadn't seen.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
10/03/08
Carolyn Arends
Christianity Today
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It's the striking contrast between the visuals and the filmmaking that makes Blindness such an odd feature.

Full Review Source: Paste Magazine | comment Comment
10/03/08
Sean Gandert
Paste Magazine
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