'Don't talk, it'll help me understand'

Blindness.  Long story short- blindness suddenly attacks everyone in an unnamed Canadian city. Everyone expect the character played by Julianne Moore. The desinegration of society is swift and cruel. The initially infected are quarantined and turn into something out of Animal Farm or Lord of the Flies. In fact, the story is probably based on exactly on the ideas found in those stories. If you haven't read either (and tsk tsk) synopses can be found here and here.

Julianne Moore, as Mark Ruffalo's wife, goes with him to confinement and acts as a guide and advocate for those on their 'ward'.  I'm sure that the reason for the madness, blindness, is not without its poignancy. This is was one of the most uncomfortable two hours I've ever spent in a theatre. The atrocities that occur during the confinement are revolting and disturbing, to say the least. The ending is...um, predictable but not with the usual tidiness of most films.

It's not feel good, it's not preachy. It asks 'what if' and you will wonder. B