Hysterical Blindness
by Mira Nair
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Actor: Ben Gazzara, Gena Rowlands, Juliette Lewis, Uma ThurmanDirector: Mira Nair
Brand: HBO Home Video
Producer: Uma Thurman
Producer: Jason Blum
Producer: Amy Israel
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 4.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 4.0; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 91899
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Product features:
- DVD Details: Actors: Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis, Gena Rowlands, Justin Chambers, Ben Gazzara
- Directors: Mira Nair, Laura Cahill
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC. Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 ; Number of discs: 1; Studio: Lions Gate
- DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004 ; Run Time: 99 minutes
Movie Reviews of Hysterical Blindness
Movie Review: Thurman knocks it out of the park.
Summary: 5 Stars
She , Debby, could have used some good advice. Borrowing from Jacqueline Carey, you can't find love where it isn't and you can't hide love where it is, this film tells a story of a pathetic woman who just doesn't see too clearly. She has bouts of blindness and the doctor has told her it is caused by stress. She is absolutely desperate, completely so, and so blind to her own circumstances that it takes a bartender to tell her that she "don't see things to good". She's just pitiful throwing herself at, what her dumb friend can plainly see, is a mean guy, just because he has "Patrick Swayze eyes". She throw's it all out in front of him, making a total and complete jerk of herself, and he uses her and proceeds to get rid of her right away and she's so wild with desperation that she actually thinks there is something there.
Debby's proud of her special parking spot by the bar, like that makes her special. She's proud of her Camaro, like that makes her special. She pulls out all the stops to get what she needs, but the problem is, she's grasping like a drowning person. EVERYONE CAN SEE IT! BUT HER! SHE'S HYSTERICALLY BLIND! Uma does such a fine, painful job of portraying this character, that it just makes you ache for her. I wanted to have a talk with her and explain to her what everyone else can plainly see, I wanted to be her friend, and then I remembered this is a movie! I love it when a movie can make me forget I am watching a movie.
I found it odd when Ben Gazzara's character told her he could see that she was smart. She really liked that but she seemed pretty stupid, so I don't know if that line was meant to show that Gazzara's character's kindness or if it meant something deeper, but if it did it was lost on me. Maybe she was a smart woman trapped in an emotionally blind woman's body. Another thing I wondered was the bridge in the background. I looms over the characters like a dark cage trapping them all into this dismal existance, at the same time being the only way out.
Some people found this movie humorous but I didn't find it funny at all. I thought it
was dark and painful but the honesty of it simply overwhelmed me. Uma and Juliette, two of my favorites, deliver powerful performances. If it was a budget movie, they certainly didn't waste their money on stars. Gena Rowlands may have been a little too classy for the role, if there was any problems at all with casting. I think she had a hard time bringing it down, which I know Gena can do because I've seen her do it in other films. Her clothes were a little too expensive looking to represent most old waitresses I have known, but that isn't her fault, is it?
This is a great movie if you're interested in serious acting talent.
Summary of Hysterical Blindness
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