This movie was imposed on us by a visitor who'd read the book and was keen for us to rent the DVD.
I've probably watched thousands of movies but "Blindness" was, without equal, the most tediously flawed, revolting and pointless. At the conclusion of the DVD we just sat in embarrassed silence - no one was game to say a word.
Many years ago at high school one of our teachers described how some individuals will delve into the most foul of dunghills only to emerge with the largest maggot they can find and proudly proclaim their achievement to the world.
The teacher's maggot-infested dunghill metaphor applies not only to this film in itself (and to those who produced it) but it equally describes anyone who proclaims a special insight into its merits. Many commentators have detailed the reasons for their disgust. I agree with them all.
To the "enlightened few" who claim to have discovered "a insightful deep exploration," "a metaphor for human moral blindness", "a movie that deals with important social issues", "a film drenched in symbolism", "a brilliant movie", a "pseudo-intellectual metaphor", an "allegory", "an excellent look at the social structure of our society today - (code for "George Bush hiss! hiss!") et.al., I recommend just that you wash your hands thoroughly before you touch your food.
My only reason for going along with giving this movie one star is that it wasn't produced in Australia - it would have been worse!
- To quote from the same high school teacher, this movie is "the quintessence of unadulterated bilge".