The new family-oriented documentary, "Blink," from National Geographic gives us a glimpse into the life of a Montreal family of six and their journey around the world. For the Pelletier family, this is no average exploration of some of the world's finest natural wonders; they are racing against time, against the degenerative eye disease, retinitis pigmentosa. The only prescription provided by doctors is to "fill their visual memory" as much as possible, and the expedition behind.
For a whole year, the Pelletier family travels through Africa to Asia and over to South America, crossing items off their bucket list such as "ride in a hot air balloon," and "drink juice on a camel." As if hiking through the Himalayas wasn't hard enough, the kids shout multiplication equations as they make the trek.
While the film is visually beautiful and captures a unique, heartfelt story, at times the film's narrative falls flat. At a few points we witness immense vulnerability from the children; the five-year-old, Laurent, poses the question "What does it mean to be blind?" to his mother, breaking her heart a bit more.
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