My Blind Brother (2016)

My Blind Brother: Directed by Sophie Goodhart. With Adam Scott, Nick Kroll, Greg Violand, Cherie McClain. The rivalry between two brothers reaches a fever pitch during a charity swim competition.

“Not a bad idea (how often are the disabled looked at with anything other than the most uncritical of perspectives, especially in our current cultural climate of moralistically competitive victim-hood?) but unfortunately done with a directorial hand which betrays a lack of confidence and maturity…yes we get the point, the blind brother is a jerk, the younger brother is a victim, the parents are insensitive, on and on and on…all the u0026quot;goodu0026quot; characters act nervous/neurotic and/or self-hating…such is u0026quot;authenticityu0026quot; in America in this day and age I guess.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e(The film explores the dynamics between two brothers the older(?) of whom is blind (caused by accident induced by his younger brother who then u0026quot;naturallyu0026quot; has spent his life feeling guilty), the disabled sibling deals with his sense of powerlessness and purposelessness in life by doing charity athletic events to raise money for visually- impaired children, but he requires his younger brother (who hates athletics) to accompany him on his runs/swims/etc. to guide him. The parents, quite naturally, show concern only for the emotional needs of the disabled sibling and seem to be deaf and dumb to even overt psychological abuse of the younger sibling by the older).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe younger one has a chance hookup with a mildly unbalanced female who feels over-responsible for the death of her last boyfriend, she spends the night with him but then ditches him because she needs to focus on expiating her imaginary guilt, whereupon she begins unknowingly working with his brother and becoming romantically involved with him (an absurd lack of boundaries made apparently necessary for the plot to develop)).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOf course there are further plot twists so I wonu0026#39;t reveal anymore that might necessitate a spoiler warning, not the worst film but not great either, kudos to the director for at least taking on something somewhat unconventional.”