Blind 2014

Scott Foundas, Variety: Ace Norwegian scribe Eskil Vogt makes a sparkling directorial debut with an alternately tragic and playful tale of a blind authoress. Read more

A.A. Dowd, AV Club: All this nesting-doll storytelling might feel hollow if Blind didn't possess such a solid emotional foundation. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: These lonely, possibly imagined secondary characters are portrayed with the same depth of feeling as the married couple but are even more engrossing as psychological projections of the wife. Read more

Boyd van Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter: Any emotional involvement with any of the ... situations or characters is relegated to the back burner, turning the film into a somewhat clinical narrative puzzle until all the cards are on the table. Read more

Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times: It's a fascinating exploration of the things that can thrive in the soil of a jealous mind, fertilized by suspicion and a lack of sight. Read more

Mark Jenkins, NPR: With heightened sounds and Petersen's assured performance, Blind evocatively depicts the small triumphs and frustrating defeats of Ingrid's daily existence. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: Despite its heady eroticism, it maintains an almost clinical detachment that engages your mind without making your heart leap. Read more

Trevor Johnston, Time Out: This is ambitious filmmaking. Read more

Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice: This is a haunting puzzle of a movie, one to pick at, to unpeel, to see a second time through eyes that have adjusted to it. Read more