Critic Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly
There's nothing particularly revolutionary about writer-director Robert Edwards' grimly satiric political fable.
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| 40 |
The New Republic
The dialogue creaks, all the more so since we know better than it does what it is going to say.
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| 40 |
The Hollywood Reporter
About as subtle as its all too obvious title would suggest.
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Village Voice
It's an easy movie to loathe, but it's designed imaginatively and enjoys the committed attention of its cast.
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| 38 |
New York Daily News
Dark, grim, and cliched Orwellian satire.
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| 38 |
Rolling Stone
Political satire is so rare that it's a shame to watch the reliable Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland lend their talents to one that is blind to its own incompetence.
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| 38 |
TV Guide
First-time writer-director Robert Edwards is nothing if not ambitious, attempting to encapsulate the history of totalitarian oppression and misguided revolutionary zeal into a broad, blunt, black comedy.
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| 38 |
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Though Fiennes has done (far) better work, the blurry story seems almost profound when seen through his eyes. To the extent the movie works at all, it works best when it's just the camera and Fiennes in a bleak white room.
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| 30 |
Variety
Jay Weissberg
One of the more spectacular misfires of recent years, Land of the Blind's lack of originality is only slightly exceeded by its failure to work as political satire.
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The New York Times
Mr. Edwards, who wrote and directed Land of the Blind (it's his debut film), might counter that the movie is a Brechtian comedy that's not supposed to make literal sense: the big picture is what matters. But the big picture is a mess.
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