My Blind Brother Reviews
This is a funny movie, with just enough edge to keep you off-balance.
| Nov 18, 2016
First-time director Sophie Goodhart coaxes a grown-up performance out of Kroll, and Scott's smarmy contentiousness has never been put to better use.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 5, 2016
My Blind Brother puts these characters through the comic wringer, but the humor is founded on the characters and their flaws, not the circumstances.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 23, 2016
A thoroughly harmless comedy that spaces its one-liners a bit widely. It's made watchable by an appealing cast ...
| Sep 22, 2016
Zoe Kazan provides the only compelling moments... yet playing the normal one among such a group of narcissists is a thankless task.
| Sep 22, 2016
The studio-produced romantic comedy may be flatlining, but who cares, so long as snappy indies like this one step up to fill the void?
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 22, 2016
It's a slight film, but one that hits all the tricky emotional and comedic notes without a hint of cruelty.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 22, 2016
Though My Blind Brother clearly isn't aiming for the feel-good realm, the emotions never ring true enough to make any of the purposely flawed leads relatable, never mind likable.
| Original Score: C- | Sep 22, 2016
My Blind Brother explores this unconventional dynamic with gentle humor and a refreshing amount of sensitivity, brushing up against the more cringe-worthy aspects of its premise without reveling in them.
| Sep 22, 2016
Writer-director Sophie Goodhart, who based the film on her 2003 Palme d'Or-nominated short, has crafted three cleverly flawed and dimensional lead characters, all vividly brought to life by their astute players.
| Sep 22, 2016
The best material gives the excellent Scott and Kroll plenty of love-hate energy: Robbie's condescension, Bill's passive-aggressiveness. It will look all too familiar to anyone who isn't an only child.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 22, 2016
My Blind Brother is slight and a little easy, but it's powered by sincere affection.
| Original Score: B- | Sep 22, 2016
Enjoyable, if not a laugh riot.
| Sep 21, 2016
Goodhart's brilliant cast elevates some very breezy material into something that will resonate with siblings of all sorts and sightedness, and even the minor characters leave a mark.
| Original Score: B+ | Sep 21, 2016
Nick Kroll and Jenny Slate nail the nobility of resentment in this winningly featherweight romantic comedy.
| Mar 15, 2016