The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic

This is maybe the best movie I've seen so far this year... It's a full-scale performance and a terrific movie.

There’s certainly enough charm to spare from the film’s leads, but the storytelling too often relies on disabled people in peril and other tropes that simply regurgitate what we’ve seen.

A charming premise that then turns into a suspense movie.

The plot eventually thins out into dissatisfying contrivances. Jaakko deserves better — and the charming, arresting Poikolainen does, too.

The film's unique visual style compliments Petri Poikolainen's terrific performance in Teemu Nikki's funny, tense and very moving film about the universal pleasures that connect us.

The film caught my eye in a good way.

There are few moments when the camera isn’t affixed to Poikolainen’s expressive countenance. The rest of the physical world fades out of focus, yielding a magnetic form of experiential cinema that becomes downright heart-pounding.

That title isn’t the only arrestingly offbeat thing about this Finnish feature.

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic sets out to challenge ... assumptions and prejudices, and it does so in smart and increasingly unexpected ways.

A spellbinding and thrilling emotional journey. Unflinching, genuinely heartfelt and acerbically funny.