Land of the Blind 2006

Rex Reed, New York Observer: If satire is the thing that closes on Saturday night, then political satire is usually doomed to close one night earlier. In the case of a pretentious monstrosity called Land of the Blind, it's a miracle it ever opened at all. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: There's nothing particularly revolutionary about writer-director Robert Edwards' grimly satiric political fable. Read more

Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger: The movie leaves you with lots of questions, mainly, what are Ralph Fiennes and Donald Sutherland doing here? Imagine Ed Wood attempting Brazil or Uwe Boll remaking V For Vendetta. Read more

Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: An indelible portrait of the contradictions of power. Read more

Jay Weissberg, Variety: One of the more spectacular misfires of recent years, Land of the Blind's lack of originality is only slightly exceeded by its failure to work as political satire. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: Wrongheaded and bizarrely outrageous. Read more