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Blind Date (2009)

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Average Rating:6.3/10

Consensus: Despite the chemistry of stars Patricia Clarkson and Stanely Tucci, Blind Date's stagey direction and underdeveloped story make it feel more like a rehearsal than a performance.

Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Don and Janna are a married couple struggling to reconnect after the death of their daughter. They answer each other’s phony classified ads and begin an elaborate game of pretend on a series of... Don and Janna are a married couple struggling to reconnect after the death of their daughter. They answer each other’s phony classified ads and begin an elaborate game of pretend on a series of blind dates, hoping that this ruse will allow them finally to talk openly about the demise of their relationship in the wake of tragedy. In playing out their various roles—such as a blind man in search of a sighted woman, a woman in search of a dance partner, and a reporter in search of an aggressive female interviewee—Don and Janna feel free to ask each other probing questions, explore the meaning of humor after calamity, and nearly fall in love. However, when their conversations can’t seem to break out of a circular pattern, never transcending the wall between them, they face the reality that perhaps overcoming heartbreak is not in the cards for them.

Although the material is sometimes dark, Stanley Tucci’s filmmaking is infused with humor, and Tucci and Patricia Clarkson are a pleasure to watch as Don and Janna. They give shaded, compelling performances as real, tragic characters attempting to fake their way through unfamiliar emotional territory.--© Sundance Film Festival
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Starring: Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson

Starring: Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson

Director: Stanley Tucci

Director: Stanley Tucci
Screenwriter: Stanley Tucci, David Schechter
Studio: Variance Films

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The film never lifts itself above its origin as a well-meaning, underdeveloped exercise.

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Popularity of the two stars could make the film an arthouse hit; they're a joy to watch.

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