On
review aggregator website
Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 81% based on 36 reviews, with an
average ranking of 6.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "
My Blind Brother takes a refreshingly character-driven approach to its familiar sibling rivalry while adding a somewhat unexpected twist." On
Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 60 out of a 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Andrew Barker of
Variety gave the film a positive review, writing that the film "takes an ostensibly dark premise — a man of few qualities attempts to steal his overachieving blind brother’s girlfriend — and turns it into a featherweight frolic as winningly unambitious as its central couple played by Nick Kroll and Jenny Slate." Ben Kenigsberg of
The New York Times called the film "A thoroughly harmless comedy that spaces its one-liners a bit widely". In a review for
The Seattle Times, Tom Keogh praised the film's "love-hate energy", especially when it comes to "Robbie's condescension [and] Bill's passive-aggressiveness". Dmitry Samarov of
Chicago Reader wrote "Zoe Kazan provides the only compelling moments... yet playing the normal one among such a group of narcissists is a thankless task". Scott Marks of
San Diego Reader said that "First-time director Sophie Goodhart coaxes a grown-up performance out of Kroll, and Scott's smarmy contentiousness has never been put to better use". According to Jesse Hassenger of
The A.V. Club, "[the film] is slight and a little easy, but it's powered by sincere affection". John DeFore of
The Hollywood Reporter opinion was that the film is "Enjoyable, if not a laugh riot". Kevin P. Sullivan of
Entertainment Weekly had a different take on the film. His response was "Though
My Blind Brother clearly isn't aiming for the feel-good realm, the emotions never ring true enough to make any of the purposely flawed leads relatable, never mind likable". ==References==