Film Review – Bliss

Writer/director Mike Cahill made his first impression with 2011’s “Another Earth,” a sci-fi brain bleeder that attracted attention from critics and audiences, establishing interest in his career. He followed it up with “I Origins,” another mind bender that came and went quickly, unable to dazzle viewers taking a chance on another Cahill puzzle. He’s been away from feature filmmaking for seven years, returning with “Bliss,” which isn’t a drastic creative risk for the helmer, who reunites with the mysteries of the mind and the pains of the heart. Cahill only has the makings of a short with the endeavor, unable to squeeze enough drama out of the material, but there’s something here worth exploring, including a different approach to understanding the experience of drug addiction and mental illness, getting inside a melting mind instead of merely observing someone in the midst of a downward spiral. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com