Blinder (film)

Blinder is a 2013 Australian sports drama film directed by Richard Gray and starring Oliver Ackland, Rose McIver, Anna Hutchison and Jack Thompson.

Rose's younger sister Sammy, (McIver) is part of the teams support staff by carrying water for the players.

The local paper publishes photos of the night with of the out-of-control party and the team goes from heroes to zeros overnight.

Ten years later Chang collapses and dies while addressing the players during a match on the eve of the finals, Dunn returns from America for the funeral and to face his demons, the girlfriend who scorns him and his best friend.

The film was scheduled to have a 10-week shoot beginning 20 February 2012 in Torquay, Victoria, Australia, before moving to Boston, Massachusetts, US.

[3] Film critic Luke Buckmaster, writing for Crikey, said, "Without a trace of self-awareness, Blinder stakes its claim as one of the most perverse twists on sports movie conventions you will ever see, earnestly inviting the audience to join the on field 'excitement' and – wait for it – to egg on suspected sex offenders.