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At First Sight (1999)

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Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 37
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 25

Interesting premise, but too long and conventional.

14

Average Rating: 5.1/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 6

Interesting premise, but too long and conventional.

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Average Rating: 2.9/5
User Ratings: 19,016

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Movie Info

New York architect Amy Benic (Mira Sorvino) meets blind masseur Virgil Adamson (Val Kilmer) and falls in love. As she learns his lifelong blindness may be curable through experimental surgery, she convinces him to undergo the operation. Virgil then learns vision may not quite be what he expected. At First Sight is directed by Irwin Winkler and also stars Bruce Davison, Nathan Lane, and Kelly McGillis. At First Sight is a romance adapted by writer Steve Levitt based upon the story To See and Not

PG-13, 2 hr. 8 min.

Drama, Romance

Steve Levitt, Oliver Sacks, Irwin Winkler, Rob Cowan

Apr 27, 1999

MGM

Cast

All Critics (61) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (25) | DVD (7)

Most love scenes seem forced in 'At First Sight,' and the background music manipulates emotions without a trace of restraint.

May 9, 2009 Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Comment
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Kilmer registers little emotion aside from a silly grin he perpetually wears throughout the film.

May 3, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

At first sight this film is terrible. At second sight, it's even worse.

April 11, 2003 Comment
Juicy Cerebellum

At First Sight, at second sight, at third sight - it doesn't matter how many times you look. This movie never decides what it wants to be.

August 16, 2002 Full Review | Comment
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Though derived from a true story chronicled by Dr. Oliver Sacks in his 1996 book "An Anthropologist On Mars," "Sight" always seems closer to soap opera than case study.

June 21, 2002 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | Comment
Kalamazoo Gazette

Com o perdão do trocadilho, era melhor não ter visto este filme.

May 31, 2002 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | Comment
Cinema em Cena
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Audience Reviews for At First Sight

An original film that raises some interesting questions about perception. I can't help but think that the love story side of it gets in the way somewhat when really all they needed to do was concentrate on the main storyline, which in the end isn't really explored thoroughly enough for my liking. A pretty decent film

January 28, 2010
SirPant

Super Reviewer

I have no idea why Val Kilmer tried to pretend he was Batman....when it's obvious this is what he should be doing. Great work by him. A sad story. And a great Steven Weber stealing the show....that guy is gold

September 9, 2009
TheGame90
Martin Sahlin

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