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To me, this movie is perfection.

Fresh and Exciting

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

While there is appropriate character build up at the beginning of the film, there certainly could have been more tension brought about when the actual blackout occurs.We have stereotyping here as depicted by the usual black neighborhood, with the unemployed men and characters hanging around the streets while being up to no good. There is promise as one mother recounts that her son will be attending college.The best part here is that the landlord, played by Saul Rubinek, gets caught up in the blackout. Coming into the neighborhood with his chauffeur, he looks to blame his super for adverse conditions in the building, and looks to fire him so that he can collect a higher rent for the latter's apartment.Caught with the power failure, Rubinek is forced to take refuge with the super and the two experience quite an interesting evening in blacked out New York City. They leave with a much better understanding of one another. (Of course, Rubinek still can't wait to get out of the neighborhood the next morning.)

Initially I did not accept the comments on this movie, however, after reading I did. Possibly, in this neighborhood, it was difficult during this time. I felt the opposite. I thought this time showed an amazing sense of community - everyone came together. All the stores gave free water to people who were walking home as a result of no transportation, etc. Nonetheless, as mentioned, I understand it may not have been the same in all neighborhoods. This was a time that I saw NYC come together like no other less the events of September the eleventh. On another note - is what happened in this movie a true indication of what COULD happen if we lost power for an extended period of time (power which is an EXPECTED utility of Americans)? Yes.

Blackout is a movie about the blackout in New York that happened a couple of years ago. The movie provides a realistic image of what happened during the blackout and what could happen if you ever encounter a blackout in a similar neighborhood. The only reason why the viewer rating is not 8+ is because most people expect another violent gangster movie and it isn't. Watch this if you feel like watching New York reality-TV. The camera-views are good, the acting is very good and the sound is fine. The sound/music could use some tweaking here and there but it's not going to change the way you experience the movie.Everyone should watch this movie. Even if the topic doesn't interest you, the movie will have an effect on you and how you will react if similar problems occur in your life.

The movie was very good. I liked it. I missed out on the Tribeca screening but was able to make the urban world screening. My favorite part was when one couple was having a talk about how did one got home when there was a black out and the guy just got bagged for for not telling the truth. I wont get into detail because I don't want to give it away. The movie director was def. inspired by spike lee, you can catch a scene or two of "do the right thing" It was one part or two in the movie that i thought was a little over done but thats just an opinion. The after party of the screening was nice. a lot of people showed up. Vibe magazine was taking pictures, people was having fun.thank you Judith.