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'Blindness' is Bleak, Realistic, Well-Done and Very, Very Depressingnew
Other than some extremely misguided narration by an extremely miscast Danny Glover, it's a surprisingly intelligent effort for a film that cost $25 million and features some bankable stars.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-09-2008 |
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Tags: Fernando Meirelles, Blindness
'Blindness' Has Limited Visionnew
Blindness certainly has an uncommonly distinguished origin; it's adapted by Don McKellar from the novel of Portuguese Nobel Prize-winning novelist José Saramago. But what might well have been provocative and insightful on the page has been rendered portentously inflated.
'Blindness' is Just Apocalypse Pornnew
Who'd guess that Miracle at St. Anna wasn't the worst film of the week? That honor goes to Fernando Meirelles' Blindness.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-02-2008 |
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Tags: Fernando Meirelles, Blindness
Sensory Overload: 'Blindness' Can be Hard to Watchnew
Don't let its uplifting previews lull you: Every moment of triumph and joy in Blindness has to be earned from a film that may rank among the darkest in cinema.
Arkansas Times |
Sam Eifling |
10-02-2008 |
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Tags: Fernando Meirelles, Blindness
'Blindness': Fade to Whitenew
Blindness, a screen adaptation of Portuguese author Jose Saramago's novel, explores the probable effects of a widespread and incurable epidemic in the present day, though the storyline's most far-fetched aspects suggest the film is really an obtuse metaphor never fully elaborated.
San Antonio Current |
Jeremy Martin |
10-01-2008 |
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Tags: Fernando Meirelles, Blindness
Autumn Films Fall Where They Maynew
The fall movie season has been up for grabs since Warner Bros. abruptly postponed Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from November to next summer, worried that its 2009 box office would otherwise look anemic compared to the combined take of a Batman/Rowling bonanza.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-01-2008 |
Movies
The Personal and the Politicalnew
City of God director Fernando Meirelles makes his English-language debut with this bracing, heartbreaking conspiracy thriller set in AIDS-ravaged Kenya.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
09-01-2005 |
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An Interview with Fernando Meirellesnew
Appropriate to the maker of a globe-trotting conspiracy thriller with a firm foot in the Third World, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles was thoroughly international in his outlook while discussing The Constant Gardener during a recent visit to Seattle.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-31-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Beyond Bordersnew
Globalization is the new villain in an effective international thriller.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-31-2005 |
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A Long Trip to Nowherenew
The City of God director's latest is a sloppy, preachy -- though visually stunning -- disappointment.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
08-31-2005 |
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Film Digs Up Third World Corruptionnew
The Constant Gardener shows more concern over Africa's staggering health crisis than thrilling audiences with the derring-do of a James Bond or a Jason Bourne.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-25-2005 |
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Third Whirled
Despite noble intentions, The Constant Gardener eventually starts running in circles.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-23-2005 |
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