am Scott and Nick Kroll in “My Blind Brother.” Credit Starz Digital http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/movies/my-blind-brother-review.html?_r=0 In “My Blind Brother,” Robbie (Adam Scott) is a world-class jerk, an athlete who brags about his achievements. He also happens to be blind, and during sporting events is guided by his brother, Bill (Nick Kroll), introduced — exhausted and sweaty — running beside him in a marathon to raise money for blind children.
Robbie, celebrating his victory before the media, forgets to thank him. Almost immediately, he announces plans for a swimming fund-raiser: “Kids don’t stop being blind, Bill.” He even sometimes drives (“I have pretty advanced spatial awareness and memory”) and basically acts as alpha to Bill, his constant companion. A preview of the film. Then Bill meets Rose (Jenny Slate), a fellow couch potato and possible soul mate. But Rose, feeling responsible for a boyfriend’s recent death, wants to atone. Through sheer coincidence, she becomes a helper and prospective girlfriend for Robbie. The ensuing love triangle requires the writer and director, Sophie Goodhart, to take most of the sting out of her central comic conceit. (If Robbie were irredeemable, Rose wouldn’t have a decision to make.) What’s left is a thoroughly harmless comedy that spaces its one-liners a bit widely. It’s made watchable by an appealing cast, even if the romantic angle prevents Mr. Scott from reprising the transcendent nastiness he showed in “Step Brothers.” Ms. Slate, if not quite the revelation she was in “Obvious Child,” offers another winning study in frazzle and self-effacement. BEN KENIGSBERG Note: “My Blind Brother” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). Some sex -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
