Blink

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Blink

R

1994

1h 46m

Mystery & Thriller

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Blinded at the abusive hands of her mother as a young girl, Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) is now a musician in Chicago. After an operation, she partly regains her sight, but sometimes she can remember things only hours after first seeing them. When she thinks she sees the person who murdered her neighbor, the police detective John Hallstrom (Aidan Quinn) becomes involved both with the case and with Emma. Now the killer is after Emma, and John struggles to protect her as they unravel the mystery.

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Derek Malcolm

Guardian

The film is made with high professionalism, and well acted by its principals.. It is, however, none too believable.

Feb 29, 2024

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Michael Apted's Blink walks a fine line, but if you're willing to accept it on its frankly formulaic terms, it delivers some good jolts.

Feb 15, 2018

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B-

Sep 7, 2011

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Bob Shelton

Birmingham Post

It's a clever plot with Stowe generating a lot of tension as she becomes the killer's target but it doesn't quite sustain the impact that would make it an outstanding thriller.

Feb 29, 2024

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...an interesting premise that's employed to mostly engaging effect...

Rated: 3/4

Jan 2, 2021

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Kathi Maio

Sojourner

That Emma defends herself in the end can provide no real redemption for a character who has been consistently compromised by her creators.

Aug 15, 2019

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Steve D

Disposable thriller that will entertain.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

I have mostly home bound due to recovering from the flu. I was feeling restless, so I tried this movie out for size. I gave the movie 3 stars because of Madeline Stowe's strong performance. Aidan Quinn was "over the top" in a role that was poorly scripted for him. However, I must say that the story, and its telling, was suspenseful, and I am glad that I watched it on Netflix streaming rather having paid money to see it in the theaters years ago.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

A decent thriller with a strong acting by Stowe..

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

Average film. Above average Madeleine.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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don s

A thriller with an interesting concept: the single eyewitness to a murder is recovering from eye surgery that corrected her blindness and can't fully rely on her vision to identify the murderer. Madeleine Stowe is tremendous here. Her husky voice and inherent confidence in herself make her a favorite of mine. She gives just the right amount of vulnerability to this character to make her sympathetic when the character is written as almost completely unlikable. Quinn gives his usual average performance. I enjoyed this.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

another thriller about a blind woman being terrorized like the pic with audrey hepburn 'dont be afraid of the dark'

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Synopsis

Blinded at the abusive hands of her mother as a young girl, Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) is now a musician in Chicago. After an operation, she partly regains her sight, but sometimes she can remember things only hours after first seeing them. When she thinks she sees the person who murdered her neighbor, the police detective John Hallstrom (Aidan Quinn) becomes involved both with the case and with Emma. Now the killer is after Emma, and John struggles to protect her as they unravel the mystery.

Director: Michael Apted
Producer: David Blocker
Screenwriter: Dana Stevens
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.7M
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Surround

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