SummaryA visionary portrait of love and madness, which follows a compassionate young teacher who finds redemption through his interactions with the eccentric students in a comically surreal school for the blind. [Independent Pictures]
Directed By:Harmony Korine
Written By:Harmony Korine
Julien Donkey-Boy
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Mixed or Average
54
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
48% Positive
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35% Mixed
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Not a film for everyone. And though I deeply admire it, it's not a film that even I want to see again in the immediate future.
80
Undeniably interesting, but not entirely successful.
75
It seems at first to be merely a jumble of discordant images ("Freaks" shot by the "Blair Witch" crew) but then, if you stay with it, the pattern emerges from the jumble.
60
The stranger and more unusual the characters, and the less they're explained, the better.
40
The territory where the circus sideshow meets the avant-garde...visually arresting, dramatically blurry.
40
The filmmaker brings the audience to a precipice of discomfort, implying that the discomfort is itself the point.
20
Juvenile and pointless.
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Production Company:
- 391 Productions
- Forensic Films
- Independent Pictures (II)
Release Date:Oct 15, 1999
Duration:1 h 34 m
Rating:R
Awards
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Gijón International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations
