The
movie of the Saramago novel which opened Cannes
last year.Savaged by critics and I have
to say not an altogether successful work.As an allegorical work on society’s own blindness to each other, it does
remind one of many of these ‘survivor’ style dramas and has its strong moments
but also a lot of artifice and fallacy too.I found the first half somewhat unattractive and while the latter part
in the hospital gets more interesting it also gets more sordid too with rapes
and the like.Julianne Moore as the only
sighted person holds it all together but even at the end as they get to
freedom, the rather naff scenes of enjoying the rain smack too much of clichés.Consequently, there are poignant moments and
a lot of work and thought have gone into the movie but it just doesn’t come
together.The ‘blinding’ lighting of the
film irritates, the script is flat and the best we can appreciate is the acting
of Moore, Ruffalo and others.A bit of a
Europudding that sabotages the possibility of something really great.
The
movie of the Saramago novel which opened 
Consequently, there are poignant moments and
a lot of work and thought have gone into the movie but it just doesn’t come
together. The ‘blinding’ lighting of the
film irritates, the script is flat and the best we can appreciate is the acting
of Moore, Ruffalo and others. A bit of a
Europudding that sabotages the possibility of something really great.
