Blind
Kimstim Films | Release Date: September 4, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlSep 1, 2015
This is a haunting puzzle of a movie, one to pick at, to unpeel, to see a second time through eyes that have adjusted to it. It's also alive with tender, tremulous feeling. Read full review
91
The PlaylistJessica KiangFeb 18, 2014
This is a peculiarly beautiful film, with lingering sustain and the kind of hard-won optimism that feels truthful as well as hopeful. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshSep 10, 2015
It's a fascinating exploration of the things that can thrive in the soil of a jealous mind, fertilized by suspicion and a lack of sight. Read full review
90
The New York TimesStephen HoldenSep 3, 2015
Blind evokes a dreamy, dour fusion of Charlie Kaufman and Ingmar Bergman. Its few flashes of wry humor are outweighed by mystically beautiful images. Read full review
90
VarietyScott FoundasFeb 18, 2014
For all the obvious pleasure Vogt takes in bending and splintering the surface reality of the film, all his formal strategies issue directly from Inrgid and her fragile, profoundly human psyche. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJun 5, 2015
It is about those human elements that transcend the five senses—loneliness, jealousy, fear, etc.—and how they are heightened in times of stress. However you interpret it, Vogt's film lingers, haunting like imagery that refuses to fade away in memory. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Jun 4, 2015
All this nesting-doll storytelling might feel hollow if Blind didn’t possess such a solid emotional foundation. Read full review
80
EmpirePatrick PetersMar 26, 2015
This reflection on isolation, technology, creativity and desire brilliantly blurs the lines between perception and voyeurism, the objective and the subjective. Read full review
80
Time Out LondonTrevor JohnstonMar 26, 2015
It’s all presented as a playful cinematic puzzle by director Eskil Vogt’s confident direction and mischievous humour. Read full review
80
The TelegraphTim RobeyMar 26, 2015
Vogt gives us a brilliantly slippery handle on the rules of this rather twisted game, but also makes it real, in that it’s coming from a place of authentic terror, anxiety and loneliness in Ingrid’s head. Intellectually exciting though his film’s gambits are, they feel like acts of tremendous imaginative empathy – lightbulbs in the dark. Read full review
80
Total FilmKevin HarleyMar 23, 2015
Vogt’s droll, daring meta-drama flows in subtle, surprising fashion. Petersen provides a magnetic focus for a mischievous, moving debut. Read full review
80
CineVuePatrick GambleJan 24, 2015
While the film's mischievous narrative manipulation will inevitably irk some viewers, this beautifully rendered opportunity to view the world through the eyes of those who can no longer see is a smart and moving portrayal of living with an ocular condition. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijFeb 18, 2014
Ingrid’s complex and flawed psyche finally does come into view in the home stretch but it feels like Vogt’s kept his narrative cards too close to his chest for too long. It’s a shame, especially because Petersen (Troubled Water) is terrific in a very tricky role. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineChristopher GrayAug 31, 2015
Unfortunately, the film's occasionally thrilling visual sleight-of-hand comes at the ultimate service of a boilerplate early-mid-life-crisis drama. Read full review
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