Blind spot or "Blindsone" as its known in norwegian came out at the end of august. Today (30.09.2018) I decided to go to my local cinema to see this film, as a friend had recommended it to me.
Blindspot starts of with two girls walking home from handball practice. Both look almost identical: ponytail and a blue winter jacket. On their way home they small-talk about grades, what's for dinner and other very ordinary things. They also compliment eachother, while finding things that differentiate them from they're teammates. In their eyes the other girls are mean, use too much make-up and are only interested in boys.
But as one of the girls: Tea (played by Nora Mathea Øien) get home, things take a drastic turn for the worst. After a scene where she greets her mom and eats, she walks into her room and proceeds to jump out the window. Following this we see Teas mom running to the stairs to find her daughter laying on the ground, barely breathing. In this scene we see Teas mom, Maria (played by Pia Tjelta) having a panic attack, crying and screaming while someone calls an ambulance for her daughter. This is a very intense and heartwrenching scene, with brilliant acting from Pia Tjelta. When an ambulance arrives at the scene Marias neighbors need to hold her back while she screams "Be careful with her!". An ambulance worker tries to calm her down and sends her into a car. On the way to the hospital she's panicking and can barely breathe. When arriving at the hospital Maria is greeted by a doctor named Martin (played by Oddgeir Thune) who tries to calm her down, while an analysis is being done on her daughter. Later, Teas dad, Anders (played by Anders Baasmo Christiansen) enters the hospital in a state of panic. shouting aggresively to the the doctor that he needs to see his daughter. Anders and Maria are later on able to see their daughter. Anders collapses at the sight of his daughter on the operation table. He wakes up and is sent to a hospital bed where he, Maria and the doctor end up on the topic of her reasons for trying to commit suicide. We learn that she was a seemingly a happy girl, with no visible problems at school. But something lies underneath: her biological mothers suicide many years ago. After a while without any updates about their daughter, Maria leaves the hospital to go home and we are greeted with another fairly long driving scene. To cut this review short: The movie ends with Maria going to bed and the screen cutting to black. The viewer is left in the dark about wether Tea survived or not.
+ The movie has many intense, heart-wrenching moments where both Pia and Anders do an excellent job. Seeing the two parents desperately try to understand why their daughter tried to commit suicide is very painful to watch. The other actors also do a faboulous job. The acting is definitely one of the movies strong sides.
Overall: 6/10
Blindspot starts of with two girls walking home from handball practice. Both look almost identical: ponytail and a blue winter jacket. On their way home they small-talk about grades, what's for dinner and other very ordinary things. They also compliment eachother, while finding things that differentiate them from they're teammates. In their eyes the other girls are mean, use too much make-up and are only interested in boys.
But as one of the girls: Tea (played by Nora Mathea Øien) get home, things take a drastic turn for the worst. After a scene where she greets her mom and eats, she walks into her room and proceeds to jump out the window. Following this we see Teas mom running to the stairs to find her daughter laying on the ground, barely breathing. In this scene we see Teas mom, Maria (played by Pia Tjelta) having a panic attack, crying and screaming while someone calls an ambulance for her daughter. This is a very intense and heartwrenching scene, with brilliant acting from Pia Tjelta. When an ambulance arrives at the scene Marias neighbors need to hold her back while she screams "Be careful with her!". An ambulance worker tries to calm her down and sends her into a car. On the way to the hospital she's panicking and can barely breathe. When arriving at the hospital Maria is greeted by a doctor named Martin (played by Oddgeir Thune) who tries to calm her down, while an analysis is being done on her daughter. Later, Teas dad, Anders (played by Anders Baasmo Christiansen) enters the hospital in a state of panic. shouting aggresively to the the doctor that he needs to see his daughter. Anders and Maria are later on able to see their daughter. Anders collapses at the sight of his daughter on the operation table. He wakes up and is sent to a hospital bed where he, Maria and the doctor end up on the topic of her reasons for trying to commit suicide. We learn that she was a seemingly a happy girl, with no visible problems at school. But something lies underneath: her biological mothers suicide many years ago. After a while without any updates about their daughter, Maria leaves the hospital to go home and we are greeted with another fairly long driving scene. To cut this review short: The movie ends with Maria going to bed and the screen cutting to black. The viewer is left in the dark about wether Tea survived or not.
+ The movie has many intense, heart-wrenching moments where both Pia and Anders do an excellent job. Seeing the two parents desperately try to understand why their daughter tried to commit suicide is very painful to watch. The other actors also do a faboulous job. The acting is definitely one of the movies strong sides.
- Unfortunately the movie has too many long unecessary scenes that dumb down the flow of the film. This is mainly because of the 'real time' gimmick that was implemented in this movie reminiscent of movies like "Victoria". If they would have added more interesting footage and cut the tedious driving and waiting scenes, I think this movie could have been a lot better. I would have liked to learn more about Tea and her backstory, and liked to see less blurry street lights from the inside of a taxi cab.
Overall: 6/10