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An ex footballer embroiled in a scandal returns home to clear his name and reignite an old flame.
“Blinder” is a coming of age story, that revolves around an Australian football club. The film lacks focus, however the characters are well developed. It makes use of time lapse to elaborate on the plot but the overall effect, takes some time to get used to because the transitions aren’t fluid. This may confuse some people, and it takes away from the film.
The protagonist Tom Dunn played by Oliver Ackland isn’t really an underdog, however, he isn’t motivated to do his best. A love interest motivates him, and he and his team do enjoy success but a scandal involving an underage girl and another teammate changes the course of Dunn’s life. The supporting cast is good, although not great. Some may find the humor that Angus Sampson brings to the film with his role as Frankie, to be crude, but some of the scenes are genuinely funny.
He fits the mold of the obnoxious and overconfident member of the team well. He’s the class clown, and the rest of the team fall into similar archetypes. Anna Hutchison plays Rose, she is Dunn’s love interest and moral compass. Her character is better developed most in the film, and she has good chemistry with Ackland. Rose Mciver’s character on the other hand, needed to be better developed. She plays the older version of Sammy Walton, the girl involved in the scandal. Neither her, nor Catie Ross, who plays the younger version, do a bad job. The problem is with the script.
They make it a point that although Walton was a victim, she wasn’t an ignorant child, however we don’t know much else besides the fact that she likes football. The loss of a significant supporting character ties the plot together and forces the main characters to have, what can be called, an epiphany. There aren’t any loose ends when the film is over. The film doesn’t have a message. It brings up a moral question. Some may find it to be a more significant social issue than others.
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