At First Sight
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Movie Reviews of At First Sight
Movie Review: I guess this is a better Oliver Sack's story made into movie
Summary: 3 Stars
I love Oliver Sack's writings. He is a real intellectual who also writes beautiful prose about strange yet beautiful world of neurology. His books were made into a few movies and they were more or less a disappointment. I think this one might be a better one (especially compare to Awakening), although I can't help hoping that one day a geat director will turn one of Dr. Sack's hauntingly beautiful story into a fine movie.One minor thing about Sorvino. I found her to be adorable and loveable. However her state of the art make-up was very distracting. I know she is supposed to be a sophisticated new yorker but her $1000/hour makeup-artist perfected face (especially her multi colored eye shadows and Always perfected painted red mouth) in every frame of the movie distracted from her fine acting ability. Did anyone else felt the same way? maybe it was just me....:)
Movie Review: Decent enough romance, but drags on
Summary: 3 Stars
Love at first sight is a feel good romance that makes you wonder what sparks true love .But on the whole, I thought it dragged on just a little too long, cutting it down to about an hour and half would have been just as emotional and dramatic as the two and half hour version.
Not bad if your looking for a decent chick flick with some intelligence. Otherwise.....
Movie Review: Val Kilmer is Wonderful
Summary: 3 Stars
There were parts of this movie that will make you wish that you were blind(and deaf) these are just all the parts that Mira Solvino was around for, I'm sorry she just can't do romanitic commidies. Kilmer was great playing a blind man who is given his sight and has no idea how to react to it. His performance at least is something everyone should see.
Movie Review: Love is Blind
Summary: 3 Stars
Charming little movie about an architect (Mira Sorvino) whom falls in love with a blind Massage therapist (Val Kilmer) whilst on holliday at a weekend retreat. This is a good movie to watch if you are in a "Sleepless in Seattle" mood or a "When Harry meet Sally" frame of mind.Movie Review: Artistic Myopia Prevails in Disappointing Drama
Summary: 2 Stars
Irwin Winkler's AT FIRST SIGHT, ostensibly based upon a true story, begins promisingly as an affecting romance that soon takes a turn into sappy Hollywood "feel good" territory, which is a shame considering the caliber of the performances and the man in the director's seat. Mira Sorvino is quite wonderful as a woman who falls in love with a blind masseur, played with commendable plausibility by Val Kilmer. Kilmer has been blind since the age of one, and reluctantly agrees to undergo an operation at Sorvino's suggestion that may restore his sight. The big question is, will their romance weather the emotional storm ahead? Does the audience know? Does the audience care? Despite the film's nearly 130-minute running time, the story feels rushed. An hour should have been devoted to Sorvino and Kilmer's budding romance and allowing the audience to take emotional stock of their situation, with the second hour focusing on the complications that ensue following the operation. For a theatrical treatment, it all feels so "Movie-of-the-Weekish". Both Kilmer and Sorvino are accomplished performers, and quite frankly they deserved better. The biggest problem lies with the script. The characters are not three-dimensional, and everyone says what they mean (yeah, right - just like in reality), and if they don't someone else says it for them. Nothing is left up to the audience, it's merely presented to us. A story like this requires far more complexity and emotional depth. One gets the impression the film was rushed or taken away from the director during post-production.
One can only wonder how this story would have fared under the cinematic microscopic scrutiny of Atom Egoyan.