Blindness Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Be wary of kind reviews of this film...

I found the irony of wanting to claw my eyes out more entertaining that any aspect of this bland insight into human nature. It was alarming that such an exceptionally talented cast could be such a chore to watch, what went wrong?

The story is nothing special but the promise a high concept 'scifi' thriller really begged you to stay in your seat. Once the first act comes to a monotonous and predictable close you find yourself in familiar TV movie territory, 'lord of the flies' morality frothing to the surface so early that by the time you get half way through you can only wonder how long it will vacantly stare out before the end finally inches away from the horizon.

The film does do a few things well. Its sells the possibility of a 'blind' outbreak with some great photography and set dressing. It tackles the solitude of blindness very well and the washed out color palette is a bold visual throughout. But the plot is really overwhelmingly bad and it tramples on everything like a dirty hoof and nothing except mace can help you forget the pain you made yourself suffer for two hours.

Deep and meaning full

This isn't a bad film if you have an idea on what to expect from it. Me and my sister rented it thinking it would be a little errie and jumpy. It's not! the pace of the film is much slower than expected and you wait for something big to happen, which it doesn't. But having said that it wasn't a bad film, more edging on the moral aspect of life. A bit of a deep meaning full film.