Release Date:
October 3, 2008 Studio: Miramax Films Director: Fernando Meirelles Screenwriter: Don McKellar Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Gael Garcia Bernal, Sandra Oh,
Danny Glover Genre: Psychological Thriller MPAA Rating: R (for violence including sexual assaults, language and
sexuality/nudity) Official Website: Blindness-themovie.com
Plot Summary: 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").
EN 5 Second Review:
Darker and scarier, a better 28 days
It's
an unforgettable experience Rafer Guzman: Newsday
Blindness is a face-first dive into the horror of human
nature -- call it Lord of the Blind Flies -- with several memorably
harrowing scenes and a compelling cast...more
There's
little sense of urgency -- or sense -- in this apocalyptic
thriller Colin Covert: Minneapolis Star
Tribune
"Blindness" is an apocalypse movie for sophisticates; it'll
work for you if you're more comfortable name-checking Camus'
"The Plague" than "28 Days Later."...more
EN 5 Second Review:
Darker and scarier, a better 28 days
There's
little sense of urgency -- or sense -- in this apocalyptic
thriller