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72 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
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  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    90
    Featuring exceptional people doing extraordinary things, Blindsight is one of those documentaries with the power to make you re-examine your entire life -- or at least get off the couch.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    88
    Their story is deeply involving, all the more so because it isn't simple or straightforward.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    Raises important questions that resonate far beyond the subject at hand: What is the meaning of accomplishment, and how do you define triumph?
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    Lucy Walker's observant film Blindsight is about profound East-West differences in the importance of journey versus destination and comradeship versus competition.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    80
    Walker was the best choice to document this journey. For one thing, her first film, "Devil's Playground," and its examination of how Amish teenagers react when confronted with the outside world, showed her to be both curious and fearless. Plus, it turns out she is herself blind in one eye.
  6. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tamara Straus
    75
    Simultaneously a sports adventure film, a tear-jerking tale of hope and inspiration and a captivating meditation on culture clash.
  7. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    75
    The movie is about hope and courage and fortitude. It's about beating the odds and defying expectations. But Lucy Walker's movie is also about whether the trip was a good idea in the first place. The answer is compellingly complicated.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
    70
    The deceptively complex picture gradually grows sharp edges and snowballs into a compelling study in culture clash, with spectacular scenery to boot.
  9. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    70
    Spiritually aware documentary.
  10. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Bill White
    67
    A moving and touching documentary.
  11. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Julia Wallace
    60
    Blindsight works best when it casts off the constraints of the adventure tale it wasn't meant to be and settles into a deft and humanistic treatment of blindness in Tibet.
  12. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Andrea Gronvall
    30
    The kids are impressively plucky, but Weihenmayer comes off as an egomaniac, arguing with his team and endangering the youngsters' lives. Lucy Walker directed this cloying and manipulative 2006 documentary.
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  1. vikingloeb
    10
    ....just saw it....spectacular movie, beautiful Tibet, heart-breaking kids (and evil adults?)....
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