Land of the Blind: Critic Reviews

There's nothing particularly revolutionary about writer-director Robert Edwards' grimly satiric political fable.

Robert Edward's satirical allegory shamelessly borrows ideas from Orwell's 1984, then tramples them into the dust.

Wrongheaded and bizarrely outrageous.

If satire is the thing that closes on Saturday night, then political satire is usually doomed to close one night earlier. In the case of a pretentious monstrosity called Land of the Blind, it's a miracle it ever opened at all.

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.

Writer-director Robert Edwards frantically throws in references to Orwell (Animal Farm and 1984), Lady Macbeth, Yeats, Mao, etc.

About as subtle as its all too obvious title would suggest.

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.

one of the most politically essential films of the year, almost as significant as Terry Gilliam's masterpiece Brazil.

The only matter that interests is the question of Fiennes's presence in this political lesson for children.

An indelible portrait of the contradictions of power.

Strident, bombastic parable.

A sour satirical cocktail blended with ingredients oft-used in the recipes of Terry Gilliam and Paul Verhoeven.

The Who did it better in We Won't Get Fooled Again

The movie leaves you with lots of questions, mainly, what are Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland doing here? Imagine Ed Wood attempting Brazil or Uwe Boll remaking V For Vendetta.

Is this what we have stooped to for leftist political films? Robert Edwards' film for one reason or another really thinks it's saying something.

A labored pastiche of familiar dystopian motifs that beats the same, totalitarian-themed drum over and over again.

Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland as terrorist co-operatives? This is not a joke nor Hollywood's remake of Paradise now, but the biggest sales point of the Land of the Blind.