Published: January 04, 2019
Sandra Bullock’s character is the ultimate tiger mum in film that suggests we are powerless against the horrors of the world
When Sandra Bullock’s character in Bird Box tells her two children to “keep running and don’t stop til you get there”, it’s easy to understand director Susanne Bier’s vision for the movie as an allegory for motherhood. But while motherhood is undeniably gritty and challenging at times, it rarely involves literal monsters.
In the film, Bullock, the children in her care, and everyone else left on earth, must wear blindfolds to protect themselves from mysterious beings that can decipher their worst fear and then manifest it – catch a glimpse of one, and you either become psychotic or commit suicide.
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