Review: “Blindness”
Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 9:40AM | By
Franck Tabouring 

Seen on: October 3, 2008
The players:
Director: Fernando Meirelles, Writers: Don McKellar, Jose Saramago (book),
Cast: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Alice Braga
Facts of interest: Opened this year's Cannes Film Festival.
The plot: The film follows a small group of people struggling to survive after an epidemic of blindness descends upon their city.
Our thoughts: Fernando Meirelles’ “Blindness” is not as powerful or engaging as his previous works “The Constant Gardener” and “Cidade de Deus,” but the film is definitely not as bas as some critics made it out to be. The nature of the subject matter examined in this mystery thriller is one that concerns all of us, but it’s the way it is presented here that may not be appealing to large audiences.






