Love Is Blind (I) (2019) User Reviews

Dull

[Peachy_boo · 4/10 · 21 July 2019]

Slow and boring. Don't understand the 8.3 rating. Fast forwarded just to get through it and didn't lose the plot, what there is of it.

Artificial

[zehra_aze · 4/10 · 24 July 2019]

I thought i would see something like Amelie when it started. But this was not at all anything like that. The characters were so fake. No one was real feeling to them except maybe the doctor. Yes, you would argue that this was done deliberately to make the movie magical. But no it didn't do it for me. There are many ways making the movie magical without making the characters weirdos... again Amelie is such a good example of it... anyways, judge it for yourselves..

Didnt make much sense!

[krisztinaobrien · 5/10 · 6 October 2019]

The plot is all over and the idea of she not seeing others didnt make much sense, neither we knew why she was "blind" nor was this blindness feasible. I am afraid this movie will leave you in the dark.

I understand why this never made it to theaters

[yapp-88372 · 3/10 · 15 November 2019]

It is a very slow and weird movie. The concept is not something that is relatable. Some of the acting was good but that can't save a movie that very few people will find interesting. I really wanted to like this as I have enjoyed some of Aidan's other work. I completely understand why this took so long to come out and why it never made it to the theaters (at least in the USA).

I do not understand this movie

[kq999 · 1/10 · 25 October 2019]

Usually no matter how funky, offbeat or weird a writer or director gets I understand what is happening. Not with this movie. It did not make a bit of sense to me.

The description of the movie mentioned selective perception. The film is way off from the definitions I found.

The characters are very strange...just not believable. Sometimes the idea of being different or offbeat just doesn't work. How do people get so lost in their work that they just can't see it?.....maybe...selective perception???

Colossal waste of time - SPOILER ALERT!

[jzakany · 2/10 · 1 November 2020]

SPOILER ALERT!

Even though I am a guy my favorite genre is romance. I selected this movie as it was labeled a romantic movie by Netflix. Well, it's not. Sure, the guy and the girl get together in the end, but they have no interaction throughout the movie whatsoever.

The movie centers on a girl who has selective seeing. You've heard of selective hearing, right? You tell your kid to stop watching TV and go do their homework and they ignore you. Well, this girl cannot see her mother causing her to believe her mother is dead. She also cannot see the man who becomes her love interest.

The movie does very little to explain how or why she got this affliction. She witnessed her mother in a car accident when she was a child. Maybe that was a mental trauma which caused her brain to block out her mother, but there was no tragic event that happened to cause her to block out her love interest. In fact, it was a traumatic even that caused her to see him. It makes no sense whatsoever, and that bugs the crap out of me.

In the end she sees her love interest. He attempts suicide by slitting his wrist and she takes him to the ER. The movie ends with her meeting him face to face. It would have been nice if this "dealing" moment for her would have cause her to see her mother, but the writer and director of the movie didn't think to add that it making this movie a waste of 90 minutes of my life.

Unusual premise, spoilt by sound

[Priceybay · 6/10 · 4 August 2019]

I enjoyed this up to a point. But I had to have the remote control in my hand throughout due to the music being played really loud over dialogue. So I was turning it down, then up etc. Very poor sound editing. There are some great visuals, dialogue and scenes. But there are still some bits I don't understand. Decent ish

What the actual mother of god

[miasiddique · 1/10 · 3 September 2019]

In short, this is a film that begins to make sense for around 3 seconds, giving you a strong glimmer of hope, which then is retracted rather quickly by a random event that does not make sense, nor correlate, to anything directly relevant to the film. The movie had the recipe for something great, which is a real shame. The acting was average, highly ruined by the awkward way in which this movie was written. Myself and my mother sat through the movie gaining elevens between our eyebrows and laughing in despair which was, in fact, the most entertaining part of the entire film. If you are after a movie that is written well, makes sense and will not leave you scratching your head in anger, this is not for you. Whatever this film was trying to achieve, it has failed miserably. Bare in mind, it will take 45 minutes for you to understand Bes is the one who cannot see, or can she see? WHO. KNOWS. Never again.

Implausible

[Gordon-11 · 15 December 2019]

This romantic comedy is quite different from the rest, so I have to give it credit. However, the plot is scientifically implausible, so the scientist part of me couldn't enjoy the film as much as I would have liked.

Whoever wrote the dialogues should be shot.

[ever-939-289798 · 6/10 · 5 December 2019]

I'd have enjoyed this much more without the so cheezy dialogues.

Artistically well done but lacks so much to make it a memorable movie

[ncltbrgn · 2/10 · 28 May 2020]

I was excited for this movie to come out as it looked so good from the trailer, but the movie itself lacks so much. There is no substance to the characters. You don't truly get to know or understand why they are the way that they are. The character development is sorely lacking. The acting in it was phenomenal! The plot was lacking too. I knew the movie was going to have sad points, but the characters' plot and their motivations are bland and unrelatable.

Turner is brilliant in this original, touching drama

[joannamaryward-49852 · 10/10 · 26 March 2019]

This movie had an uneasy delivery. Initially called Look Away, it then went under the title Beautiful Darkness before settling on the final title Love is Blind. This rather bland title is the only thing about it that lacks original thought. Beautiful Darkness would have suited it better. Such an intriguing premise - a girl who cannot see her mother. It has so much resonance and if you like to watch a movie and leave with all your questions answered and everything neatly tied up in a bow, then this is not for you. All of the cast are excellent but Shannon Tarbet and Aidan Turner deserve particular credit for bringing convincing psychological realism to something that treads a fine line between realistic drama and magical realism and always manages to keep that delicate balance. Aidan Turner is devastatingly good as Russell, the guy who just wants to disappear. It's beautifully shot and unfolds gently and seductively. It deserves a much higher profile than it's had and lingers in the mind long after the end.

different not for everyone

[wrigco · 7/10 · 4 September 2023]

Unfortunately we had a power cut about half way in and i missed about 15 minutes in the middle somewhere. Have no way of knowing if anything was crucial to the plot, but I think I got the gist of it anyway.

A traumatic incident has erased her Mother from her consciousness and the ACD psychiatrist who is on the spectrum puts her in group therapy with the demolition guy who feels and wants to be invisible. He also tries to commit suicide a few times, but not very hard.

She doesn't see him either. Until she does and they fall in love and live happily ever after we must guess, as the movie sort of just ends there. We don't get told if Mom is back in the picture too.

Still, I did rather enjoy it. So there's that.

Poor acting, slow and cliche storyline.

[MiekeDipple · 1/10 · 21 July 2019]

The 8.3 rating is very misleading. The film is very slow and didn't quite capture the imagination. The characters were not believable and therefore it didn't grab me at all. I didn't quite understand how they casted the family, who looked a lot younger than they were supposed to be. The music didn't make it much better, often reminding me of a scene out of Home Alone, completely out of kilter with the emotional depth they were trying to portray. This obviously appeals to the bots that rated it 10/10, due to its robotic storyline.

Strange characters and Ferris Bueller as a dad

[jleeharris-36991 · 1/10 · 14 March 2021]

I watched this because of seeing Aidan Turner in Poldark. He did well with the material he was given, but the scenes were choppy and jumped back and forth. I never understood the reason for the female lead's inability to see some people.The acting, other than Turner's was unimpressive and the story line was boring. Even if there was some kind of statement on mental illness I got so bored, I failed to see it. I kept hoping for some closure .Chloe Sevigney's full frontal nudity was totally uncalled for and added nothing. Maybe they were trying to spice up this dull story, but I just wanted to barf. And what was the point of Ferris Bueller playing the sick dad? It meant nothing other than realizing how old I am.

I wanted to like it.....

[dchowardhoward · 5/10 · 31 May 2020]

Huge fan of Matthew Broderick & Aiden Turner, but this wasn't enough to make the movie work. The talent of this cast was waisted. Why couldn't she see her mother? Why was he want to kill himself? Why should we care? You want to, but not enough reason is given to be invested in the characters. Wait for it to be Free on a streaming network. Don't waste your money on a rental.

Yawn

[johnjanis · 2/10 · 23 May 2020]

Seriously the worst and most boring movie I've seen this year and I've already watched over 100 movies. Probably in the all time worst ten movies I've ever seen in fact. Not the very worst only because it's actually well made and acted but the movie itself is just so confusing, boring and annoying and doesn't know what it wants to do. Can't believe I made to the end without falling asleep.

Odd Little Movie

[jdw-96632 · 7/10 · 10 October 2022]

Best thing about this movie, is Aiden Turner! He didn't have much to work with.

I found it difficult to follow the dialogue because of the over-loud music track! This made it difficult to understand what was going on. What was with all the mirrors everywhere? Why have an animated white peacock? I sort of enjoyed bits of it, but it was all too disjointed and slow. A few scenes made me laugh, but mostly I felt puzzled. Aiden Tirner did a creditable performance, but that's all.

The main actress playing Bess was good at ignoring the actors around her, but otherwise, her performance was disappointing.

The guy playing the autistic psychoanalyst was unconvincing but occasionally amusing.

If you've nothing better to do, it is a reasonably amusing movie to pass the time, but I didn't connect strongly with any of the performances so I didn't much care what happened any of them.

Rubbish

[phd_travel · 1/10 · 22 December 2019]

Why do they bother to make a movie like this with good actors and nicely filmed? Nonsensical story about a girl who can't see certain people. Defies logic. There was no redeeming feature.

Interesting but boring

[Miss_Judge · 7/10 · 1 November 2023]

The idea is actually good and has much potential.

Sadly the way the story is told didn't quite hook me. Althought I was bored I continued watching because I hoped that she would eventually see her mother. Well ... The directors wanted to give the film an arty touch and so some visually beautiful scenes were added. Normally such scenes are praised by critics and audience but here some are just so forced and unnatural, like the dancing scene.

The acting is not bad but the characters are just not well developed.

If one likes half open endings then this movie is bearable. If you need (story)closure then don't watch it.

I see why not many people want to see the film and why its ratings are so harsh.

Boring

[bill_allison · 4/10 · 16 March 2022]

They tried to be mysterious and occasionally humorous, but mostly it was painfully slow and boring. Too much dead screen time. A waste of good actors.

Worth the Wait

[joanellis-92973 · 9/10 · 25 March 2019]

We've been waiting a long time for this film to come to us. First it was called "Look Away"..in 2015. Then it was changed to Beautiful Darkness. We waited in anticipation for 3-4 years for this to move through post production, to find a distributor and to get a release date. We poured over unofficial trailers. And still most of the world outside the UK is waiting to see it....Personally, I was not disappointed. I was waiting up at midnight on the 25/3/19 in the UK to see it. The best of indie style film making with glorious cinematography. In essence a good old fashioned love story around the premise of falling in love with someone who you can't see. Except the Princess is a Prince in Aidan Turner, destined never to be seen by his true love and each character is marooned in a lake of their own self made loneliness and isolation. But throughout there is hope, the idea of altered perception in each and everyone of us... where we only choose to see what we want to see....and the very real dilemma of being careful for what you wish for.....Finally, we all need a tree house just like that one.... It's a real gem of a film ... made out of human foibles, weaknesses, hidden strengths and belief in others.... Special shout-outs to a recreation of Buster Keaton and to Ferris Bueller in a head bandage. Here's to all that is Dark in All of Us.

I wish i could call the cops on this film

[ariannacancian · 1/10 · 16 May 2020]

Disgustingly bad and poorly directed narcissistic fantasy. One of the worst films I've ever seen.

Not too bad.

[jamalking15 · 5/10 · 17 May 2020]

Best part of the movie is that it points out the tragedy of the counseling system. Far too many counselors are unable to stay professional, and far too many are not helping clients as they should, foisting their own personal biases and own problems onto them.

Who is Aidan?

[westsideschl · 2/10 · 19 November 2020]

Got it! Seems most of the high rated reviews are followers/viewers watching just to see Aidan's masculine features. As for the movie, almost invariably when the opening scene is an overhead view of a car on a road that's a forewarning that cheap is coming. Then we have Aiden purposefully running a red light in a suicidal urge which tells me that in this script others' lives selfishly don't matter. Story is about a girl who selectively does not see certain people - no matter what they do. Sure! Then we have the subplot that her wannabe psychiatrist has some strange behaviors himself including being sexually attracted to his sorta patient.