Movie Review - Blindness

I rented this movie from the Big Red Box last night, watched it as the rain came pourin' down. Perfect weather for this little gem.

The story takes place in a nameless metropolitan city (most of the movie was shot in Canada, but also Brazil and Uruguay) and the premise is that most of mankind is afflicted with an epidemic that makes people go blind. Not the normal blind, but what they see makes them think they're "swimming in milk". So white blind. Or, the White Sickness, as it's called in the film.

People are contained. Humanity takes a serious nosedive. Jewelry and valuables are bartered for food, then when they run out of possessions they use women. It's like Lord Of The Flies in a forgotten hospital ward. Hardcore, and not for the squeamish.

Julianne Moore is the lead, with Mark Ruffalo (I like the guy, but he has no range...the same in every movie) playing her doctor husband. She's really great in this film, as usual. Other players include Danny Glover and Gael Garcia Bernal.

This movie had the eerie feel that Safe did, a film Julianne did in the 90's. That individual-apocolyptic atmosphere.

I wonder if the title and premise were changed to "Jobless", the same story would play out?

On a scale of 1-10, I'd say an 8.