My Blind Brother

Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend.

Nick Krull, Adam Scott, and Jenny Slate carry this well together and are pretty funny. I'm torn on whether or not Scott's portrayal of a blind person is complimentary or insulting, but I'll have to wait until a blind person sees it to hear what they say.

The "best friend's girl" trope is fun, and they definitely make this movie special, even for "blind movies", the idea of him being an over-achieving athlete is very unique.

As funny as this movie can be, as much as a "romance" movie as this is, it is definitely a "bromance" movie first.

'MY BLIND BROTHER': Four Stars (Out of Five)

A romcom about an overachieving blind man, and his under-appreciated brother, that both fall for the same woman. The movie stars Adam Scott, Nick Kroll and Jenny Slate. It was written and directed by Sophie Goodhart. The film received an indie theatrical release at the Box Office, while it was also made available on video on demand, and it's received mixed review from critics as well. I found it to be mostly entertaining, and well made.

Robbie (Scott) is a blind man that's always trying to prove how much he can still do, despite his disability. He's become quite a cocky asshole because of it. His brother Bill (Kroll) is always forced to assist him on his ventures, while receiving none of the credit. So a very abusive relationship has formed between the two brothers. This only becomes more complicated when they both fall for the same woman (Slate).

The film is very darkly comedic, in a really clever and mostly believable way. The characters all seem like real people, and the performances are all great. This is one of those under-appreciated comedies that really does deserve a much wider audience than it's gotten. Hopefully more people will discover it over time. It's definitely worth a view, I'd say.

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Not a bad idea (how often are the disabled looked at with anything other than the most uncritical of perspectives, especially in our current cultural climate of moralistically competitive victim-hood?) but unfortunately done with a directorial hand which betrays a lack of confidence and maturity...yes we get the point, the blind brother is a jerk, the younger brother is a victim, the parents are insensitive, on and on and on...all the "good" characters act nervous/neurotic and/or self-hating...such is "authenticity" in America in this day and age I guess.

(The film explores the dynamics between two brothers the older(?) of whom is blind (caused by accident induced by his younger brother who then "naturally" has spent his life feeling guilty), the disabled sibling deals with his sense of powerlessness and purposelessness in life by doing charity athletic events to raise money for visually- impaired children, but he requires his younger brother (who hates athletics) to accompany him on his runs/swims/etc. to guide him. The parents, quite naturally, show concern only for the emotional needs of the disabled sibling and seem to be deaf and dumb to even overt psychological abuse of the younger sibling by the older).

The younger one has a chance hookup with a mildly unbalanced female who feels over-responsible for the death of her last boyfriend, she spends the night with him but then ditches him because she needs to focus on expiating her imaginary guilt, whereupon she begins unknowingly working with his brother and becoming romantically involved with him (an absurd lack of boundaries made apparently necessary for the plot to develop)).

Of course there are further plot twists so I won't reveal anymore that might necessitate a spoiler warning, not the worst film but not great either, kudos to the director for at least taking on something somewhat unconventional.

All star cast being what I assume is their all star selves. I love watching messy people and stories made real and just a peek into this disabled life is uh yet another story I didn't know I'd be seeing. Dope.

Nick Kroll, Jenny Slate and Adam Scott? Sorry, but with those three on board it is literally impossible not to make an entertaining film. And this film is entertaining. No, it's not a classic, but few films are.

The movie tells the story of Bill (Kroll) and Robbie (Scott). Bill is going nowhere and living in the shadow of his celebrated brother (star athlete), who although blind, also happens to be an absolute self-absorbed jerk. Things are made worse when the girl (Slate) Bill is crazy about, becomes Robbie's girl as a result of a guilt trip related to her dead ex boyfriend.

I must admit, it is refreshing to see the "disabled" character turn out to be something other than an inspiring hero, although Robbie does raise money for his blind charity, but his motivation seems to be centered around his fevered ego. As previously said, breaking from the traditional narrative that all disabled people are saintly. People are people, regardless. The dynamic between Kroll and Slate is great, as it was in The Kroll Show. Scott's character is also great, who although flawed, is not completely irredeemable, but close.

If you want to see a talented cast be given a vehicle to show their stuff, this film is more than 90 minutes.