Independent film and music reviews 2018-03-15T20:06:00Z http://waytooindie.com/news/my-blind-brother-tribeca-review/feed/atom/ Here Is TV | My Blind Brother http://hereistv.com/blind-brother/ http://waytooindie.com/?p=44989#comment-9794 2016-09-20T09:14:08Z 2016-09-20T09:14:08Z […] Way Too Indie finds, “My Blind Brother is mostly amusing and its performances are strong, however, the tone remains unwavering until the film’s ending: lightly comedic, but unrelentingly self-serious. “ […]

]]> Helen Highly http://waytooindie.com/?p=44989#comment-9507 2016-05-09T03:15:00Z 2016-05-09T03:15:00Z “I’m a superficial narcissist.” “I’m lazy and judgmental.” This is how the two romantic leads in My Blind Brother introduce themselves to each other, and I fell in love with them both immediately. Then, when they both reveal that they perversely wish they could be invalids so they’d have an excuse to lay in bed all day and watch TV, I fell in love with screenwriter Sophie Goodhart. I saw this film at Tribeca Film Festival and thought it was one of the best of the fest. I see that Starz has now picked it up for distribution, which I guess is good news for the film, although I really think it deserves a full theatrical release. In my opinion, it was genuinely fresh and original — a romantic comedy with mutually flawed lovers, where no sacrifice or self-improvement is necessary for them to win happiness and each other. (Finally!)For more of my commentary on this film, visit my HelenHighly blog.

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