Blink

Name: Blink
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 4, 2024
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 69

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National Geographic | Release Date: October 4, 2024 | PG

Summary: Blink tells the story of the Pelletier family, a happy, adventurous family of six, who decide to go on a world tour after learning three of their four children will soon lose their vision to retinitis pigmentosa, a rare, incurable disorder that leads to permanent blindness. The family sets out on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to experience allBlink tells the story of the Pelletier family, a happy, adventurous family of six, who decide to go on a world tour after learning three of their four children will soon lose their vision to retinitis pigmentosa, a rare, incurable disorder that leads to permanent blindness. The family sets out on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to experience all of the beauty the world has to offer while they can still see it. … Expand

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 84 min

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Kim Hughes

Oct 3, 2024

It’s impossible to overstate the range of emotions, from heartbreak to delight to humility, conjured by the new documentary Blink, which is also visually dazzling thanks to its pedigree as a National Geographic Documentary. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Oct 3, 2024

Blink keeps escaping any pat framing to tap into a deeper ache. Read full review

Screen Rant Ben Gibbons

Oct 10, 2024

Instead of simply marveling at the beauty of the world, Blink invites us to step out of our comfort zone and explore everything the world has to offer. Read full review

Odie Henderson

Oct 3, 2024

There’s a bittersweet poignancy in watching the children bond with animals and people during their travels before beginning the next leg of their journey. Read full review

Collider Jason Gorber

Oct 10, 2024

As audience members, we experience the highs and lows of the Pelletier’s journey together, never divorced by what drove the desire to experience the world, and reminded throughout how in our own lives we must, whenever possible, make the same choices to seize the moment and make good memories as best as we can. Read full review

IndieWire Christian Zilko

Oct 9, 2024

More than anything, Blink succeeds as a film about the lengths that parents will go to give their children every possible ounce of joy in an indifferent world that too often has cruel other plans for them. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Nov 21, 2024

The film-makers never probe psyches very deeply, not even the parents’. It’s just one contemporary travelogue cliche after another, admittedly beautifully shot in super high definition. Read full review

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