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 is a glum, ugly film, and pretentious in the bargain. But, perhaps least excusable, it is a fundamentally ill-conceived film, the visual depiction of a world without sight.
– Christopher Orr,
The New Republic,
3 Oct 2008
rotten:
Set in a nameless English-speaking city where people are suddenly stricken with sightlessness, it's an allegory that never rises to the level of believability.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
6 Oct 2008
rotten:
Stilted, claustrophobic and more stylish than substantial.
– Carina Chocano,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Oct 2008
rotten:
Sadly, 'Blindness' may realise its director's worst fear: to produce not only an exploitation B-movie but one, paradoxically, spoiled by its own integrity and misplaced 'artistic' mise-en-scene and intentions.
– Wally Hammond,
Time Out,
21 Nov 2008
rotten:
I have to admire a mainstream movie that's so overwhelmingly bleak, but that's the only real distinction of this dystopian sci-fi drama.