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Based on the novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago Blindness stars Julianne Moore as a doctor's wife who becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden Blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband (Mark Ruffalo) as her surrounding .. Read more

Starring	Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal
Director	Fernando Meirelles
Genres	Audio Descriptive, Drama, Thriller

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- Despite its evident honesty, horrific visceral impact and its emergent moral and political idealism, this adaptation of... read more on Time Out
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- - Wally Hammond
  - Time Out
  - 16 Apr 2010 at 05:02
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- - 99
  - 7
  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 ... read more »
  
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- 655483
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Possfimh
  - 4 reviews
  - Balham
  - 07 Nov 2008 at 13:08
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- - 0
  - 0
  Okay, but not great.
  
  This film was okay, a bit of an uncomfortable watch in places as the human race desends into a sex-crazed depravity. Other than that it's basically a story ... read more »
  
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- 1086076
- - Sammy1973
  - 159 reviews
  - King's Lynn
  - 27 Jan 2012 at 19:27
- - 0
  - 0
  Open Your Eyes
  
  I'm not sure what it actually was I liked about this film. It was very dark and disturbing in places and quite had a bit of a Handmaid's Tale vibe about... read more »
  
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- - manonfireuk
  - 64 reviews
  - Liverpool
  - 22 Jan 2012 at 21:28
- - 0
  - 0
  Blind nature
  
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  I saw this movie a couple of months ago and forgot to leave a review about it and so when I was searching for something to add to my list I came across this ... read more »
  
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- - NickGamer
  - 33 reviews
  - Aylesbury
  - 22 Jan 2012 at 14:20
- - 0
  - 0
  blindness indeed
  
  enjoyed this film -not quite what I had expected, bit darker in some respects and rather more psychological. Apocalyptic type tale, but with a twist. a bit of a... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 05 Jan 2012 at 00:33
- - 0
  - 0
  Less blind than before
  
  As a fan of both the book's writer Jose Saramago and the film's director Fernando Meirelles, my short review might have a slight touch of bias. However... read more »
  
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- 1076578
- - Alvie
  - 2 reviews
  - 29 Dec 2011 at 00:16
- - 0
  - 0
  Poor by no stretch of the imagination
  
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  this is a truely awful film, i just tookit round to my friends and to thier credit we did watch it all the way through, but at the end they did comment '... read more »
  
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- - patsysummer
  - 1 review
  - 24 Oct 2011 at 00:59
- - 0
  - 1
  Powerful, bleek ... but not without optimism
  
  A bleek, but powerful drama. Some of the images and ideas are disturbing but enitrely plausible. Most of what is depicted is already going on in the world, ... read more »
  
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- - tracipet
  - 10 reviews
  - Devon
  - 16 Apr 2011 at 11:44
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  - 1
  blindness film review
  
  Nowhere near as bad as some have stated on here and i actually like 'blindness' a bit more than some of this directors more feted work.
  
  The ... read more »
  
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  - edinburgh
  - 15 Feb 2011 at 16:08
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  - 0
  Be warned!
  
  I didn't read the synopsis properly before renting this so was literally quite shocked by some of the seriously disturbing images and storyline midway.read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 19 Jan 2011 at 15:51
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  - 1
  I had to fast forward...
  
  I questioned why this film was ever released! It makes blind people out to be completely useless. Very unrealistic and a lot of it did not make sense. Truly ... read more »
  
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  - 12 Jan 2011 at 18:03
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- - 99
  - 7
  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 ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 655483
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Possfimh
  - 4 reviews
  - Balham
  - 07 Nov 2008 at 13:08
- - 21
  - 1
  Pure gloom
  
  2 hours which felt like a depressing 8. Aside from the final minute (yes 1 minute), there was nothing about this film I enjoyed. Gut wrenching, moody, ... read more »
  
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- - Smiffsta
  - 8 reviews
  - Luton
  - 07 Feb 2009 at 12:48
- - 19
  - 0
  nasty and disappointing!
  
  great cast, well shot, promising trailer with connotations of children of men - which was a fabulous film....
  
  BUT
  
  i was totally horrified ... read more »
  
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- 742912
- - a customer
  - London, England
  - 14 Apr 2009 at 15:43
- - 11
  - 2
  Different
  
  This is a very powerful, different and darkly disturbing film. As the film progresses it is quite horrifying to see how society breaks down and primeval ... read more »
  
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- - grammargirl
  - 45 reviews
  - OTLEY
  - 02 Apr 2009 at 12:15
- - 10
  - 0
  Not worth a watch!
  
  I found this bland and uninspiring. The acting in the initial stages was dreadful and the film itself just dragged on. I ran through some of the scenes on fast... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - uk
  - 04 Apr 2009 at 20:18
- - 8
  - 0
  Blindness
  
  I have the read the book 'Blindness' about five times so I was a little unsure about watching the film as soon many adaptations of outstanding novels ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - ordinaryjo
  - 56 reviews
  - Enfield
  - 04 May 2009 at 16:03
- - 7
  - 0
  Gripping thriller
  
  This is a gripping, intelligent and well constructed thriller. The set-up of the 'blindness' epidemic is well handled, as is the almost inevitable ... read more »
  
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- 770451
- - Frank Wilson
  - Birkenhead, England
  - 13 Jun 2009 at 16:16
- - 5
  - 0
  OK
  
  I expected more it had a lot more potential,disappointing to say the least
  
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  - Bargoed
  - 10 Apr 2009 at 12:58
- - 5
  - 0
  Grim; but I liked it.
  
  Yes I read the poor reviews but I was desparate to get my list up to a reasonable amount of titles.
  
  I suppose it depends what mood you are in, I was ... read more »
  
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- - BeachyHead
  - 14 reviews
  - Eastbourne
  - 03 May 2009 at 11:58
- - 5
  - 0
  blindness
  
  Very good, great views of Sao Paulo and the plot was very exciting to follow...I really enjoyed it.
  
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- 770569
- - a customer
  - Oxford
  - 13 Jun 2009 at 22:14

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  Based on the novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago Blindness stars Julianne Moore as a doctor's wife who becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden Blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband (Mark ...