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Blessed (2009)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:8

Rotten:2

Average Rating:6.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Seven lost children wander the night streets while their mother awaits their return home.

Starring: Miranda Otto, Frances O'Connor, Deborra-Lee Furness, Sophie Lowe

Starring: Miranda Otto, Frances O'Connor, Deborra-Lee Furness, Sophie Lowe

Director: Ana Kokkinos

Director: Ana Kokkinos

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A slow-burning, emotionally haunting film that thrusts the bond between mother and child under a microscope.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
10/25/09
Amber Wilkinson
Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film

Some fine talent manages to rise above flimsy scenarios in this multi-thread expose of low-rent Melbourne mothering and its bitter legacy. Surely the whole truth would call for some rays of light in these shabby lives?

Full Review Source: MovieTime, ABC Radio National | comment Comment
09/11/09
Ruth Hessey
Ruth Hessey
MovieTime, ABC Radio National

Blessed is a rich, unsettling vision of the mother-child relationship, By the end, it is clear that things are not always as they seem. Sometimes it's a reversal of expectations, sometimes an unpredictable consequence.

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment Comment
09/11/09
Philippa Hawker
Philippa Hawker
The Age (Australia)

Blessed's relentless melodrama means the situations feel staged and stereotypical and both the mothers and children for the most part become painful, charmless annoyances who we want to go home to avoid.

Full Review Source: smh.com.au | comment Comment
09/10/09
Giles Hardie
Giles Hardie
smh.com.au

Kokkinos is never backward in confronting her audience, but she’s also a sensitive portrayer of emotions that are basic to us all and with this marvellous film she has created her best work so far.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment Comment
09/09/09
David Stratton
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)

Blessed is a powerful and truthful movie experience that lingers long after the end.

Full Review Source: Courier Mail (Australia) | comment Comment
09/09/09
Des Partridge
Des Partridge
Courier Mail (Australia)

Skilfully woven together, the separate tales that eventually intersect portray a touching look at the relationship between mothers and children.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
09/08/09
Annette Basile
Annette Basile
FILMINK (Australia)

Brilliant performances and Kokkinos' assured direction result in another strong local production.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine Australasia | comment Comment
09/06/09
Simon Jones
Simon Jones
Empire Magazine Australasia

Blessed with cinematic ambition, Ana Kokkinos and her writing collaborators have forged a striking film out of pain and dysfunction, yet managing to pull out a serene sense of closure in the final moments.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
09/02/09
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile

Ana Kokkinos has made an exquisitely and brutally powerful film about the indestructible but fragile thread that connects mothers and children.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
09/02/09
Louise Keller
Louise Keller
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September 07, 2009: Ana Kokkinos talks Blessed
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