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  Review by Kristian ★★★★★

  Holy shit! BLIND SPOT is amazing! A 100 min - one take - agonizing tour de force. From the pinnacle of mundanity it plunges into the deepest pit of trauma. Whatever the polar opposite of a joyride is - this is it. In all its visceral unpleasantness.

  It is a triumph threefold: the best new film I've seen in years, the best single-take film (of the few I've actually seen), and the best Norwegian film - by a wide margin!

  No film has made me cry as quickly and often since MANCHESTER BY THE SEA. The big difference is BLINDSPOT doesn't really let up ever. I'm pretty sure I sat clenched for over an hour.

  Remember with CAPTAIN PHILLIPS back…

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  Review by Herald ★★★½

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  General Thoughts
  Tuva Novotny delivers a slow-burn thriller experience of a family tragedy that felt all too real.

  Cinematography
  It is a movie shot with simplistic long take(s) that without a doubt is the catalyst that will draw the audience into the scene in a very personal, excruciating and claustrophobic manner. I felt like I was THERE and I found myself holding my breath more than a handful of times.

  Performance
  Pia Tjelta's performance is the heartbeat of this movie. The emotional spectrum she displayed is so raw that at times, I felt compelled to look away.

  Final thoughts
  As the subject matter is a heavy one, I applaud Novotny for using this medium to spread awareness and continuing the…

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  Review by Edvard Holmen Minge ★★★★★

  Jeg har aldri noen gang vært så glad for at jeg ikke visste om noen detaljer om filmens handling og hvilke medvirkende skuespillere. Når hendelser da forekommer, og karakterer dukker opp, får den allerede hissige intensiteten dobbel kraft. Så utrolig mange følelser, og på slik en måte at det virker personlig, nesten opplevd -- i alle fall som noe man kan tenke seg til. Dette er fortjeneste til skuespill og sømløst observerende kamera. Filmstilen er her høyst funksjonell og stemningsskapende og ikke en enkel gimmick (akkurat som i "Utøya 22. Juli").

  I filmen sies det veldig lite, og i alle fall lite som gir sammenhengende mening, men det lille som sies er klart og tydelig med å belyse problematikk tilknyttet…

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  Review by Rigo Ayala ★★★½

  De factura Impecable, potente y obviamente ardua, así como totalmente creíble en tragedia. Película de un solo plano secuencia de una hora y cuarenta minutos donde se pretende dar realismo en tiempo sobre los minutos del antes y el después de una tragedia. Por supuesto, muy bien.

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  Review by yaliroif ★★★★

  אני חושבת שהסרט נעשה בצורה מדהימה והכל הרגיש לי כל כך אמיתי וכל כך אנושי
  כן היה לי חסר קצת יותר תוכן ומידע לגבי הילדה, קיוויתי יותר לגלות ולהופתע
  זה ריגש אותי מאוד אבל 
  אבא ואמא >3

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  Review by RasmusS ★★★★½

  Helsinki Films Fest #4

  Fucking train wreck of emotions, one of the most powerful films in a long time. These type of films can be very different experiences as it relies on feelings and how exposed you are to them. I couldn’t stop crying after the first 20 minutes but I also heard people laughing when it was over (probably not to the film but still, I felt like I couldn’t do anything after it was over, bad day for double screening). It is hard for me to analyse this film so I’ll just put out few thoughts I was able to come up in the evening.

  The acting carries this film and Pia Tjelta just fucking kept that scene…

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  Review by Jaume Maneja ★★★½

  Concha de Plata para el foquista de esta película.

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  Review by lgauge ★★★★

  Makes surprisingly good use of the one-shot gimmick by de-emphasizing the formal aspects of its visual construction. It took me a while to embrace this gambit, but it really feels like the film earns the right not to edit. The usual counterarguments against the idea of the extended shot being tense and immersive are that the same effects can be achieved by editing, and without having to worry about all the choreography and without limiting the kind of visual storytelling you can do. I mostly agree with this, hence the initial skepticism, but what I found compelling about this instance is that (after the slow opening 10-15 minutes) I was constantly desperate for a cut, any cut, just to get…

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  Review by Jared Mobarak ★★½

  So while there are undoubtedly some sequences that will stick with you long after the credits roll, those pieces are stronger than the whole. There's a bona fide winner of a forty-minute short here that's been expanded for an admittedly awesome cinematic technique rather than because it could carry the extra weight.

  my full review at The Film Stage and archived

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  Review by bpardy ★★★★★ 1

  The most emotionally affecting film I've seen in a long time. Novotny finds a purpose to a single take film, following crisis and grief in real time.

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  Review by Niels O ★★½

  Why movies need editing - the movie

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  Review by Jorge Delgado ★★★½

  27. #66SSIFF
  En BLIND SPOT la directora no te deja respirar ni un segundo en su plano secuencia de 100 minutos. Hacer algo así y con esa planificación para tu primera peli creo que es algo admirable.