At First Sight Reviews

At First Sight Review
by Jamie Peck
Rating: ** (out of ****) MGM / 2:08 / 1999 / PG-13 (language, thematic material, strip-club nudity, sexuality) Cast: Val Kilmer; Mira Sorvino; Kelly McGillis; Nathan Lane; Bruce Davison; Steven Weber; Ken Howard Director: Irwin Winkler Screenplay: Steve...more

At First Sight Review
by Matt Williams
Oliver Sacks' story To See and Not See, a true account regarding restoring sight to the blind must have seemed like the perfect idea for a movie. Not only does an actor get to stretch his chops as a blind man, but the "miracle cure" would be, by...more

At First Sight Review
by Wil Tirion
At First Sight Release date: 30th April 1999 Val Kilmer Mira Sorvino Kelly McGillis Director: Irwin Winkler Screen Writer: Oliver Sacks, Steven Levitt III Details: 128 mins, PG more

At First Sight Review
by David E. Smith
Is there a better way to say "I love you" than by undergoing experimental surgery? "At First Sight," with Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino, strives to answer this question. Along the way, it delivers a moving romantic drama that can soften any heart....more

At First Sight Review
by Greg King
AT FIRST SIGHT (M). (MGM/UIP) Director: Irwin Winkler Stars: Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis, Nathan Lane, Steven Weber, Bruce Davison, Ken Howard Running time: 123 minutes. more

At First Sight Review
by Mac VerStandig
At First Sight Reviewed by Mac VerStandig [email protected] 4 stars (Out of 4) After seeing At First Sight I found myself in a very rare scenario. As I tried to visualize how this review would go, what angles I would take, and whether or not this...more

At First Sight Review
by James Sanford
Near the beginning of "At First Sight" there's a scene guaranteed to make almost every female viewer very, very jealous of Mira Sorvino, who plays Amy Benic, a worn-out yet still somewhat glamorous New York architect who's come to a mountain spa for a...more

At First Sight Review
by David Nusair
What must it be like to be blind? Never being able to physically see anything, always touching for some semblance of that sensation. I respect blind people just because they're able to get through every single day despite such a huge hurdle to...more

At First Sight Review
by LARRY MCGILLICUDDY
Conflict is overrated. Too many screenwriters who have based their work on the numerous books that teach you how to write a screenplay step by step feel the need to inject conflict at every possible moment. At First Sight is a good example of this....more

At First Sight Review
by Victory A. Marasigan
Traveling architect Amy (Mira Sorvino) meets hunky, sexy-voiced masseur Virgil (Val Kilmer). Said masseur turns out to be blind. Amy falls for Virgil, and within what seems like a week of their first meeting, she suggests he have his blindness...more

At First Sight Review
by Michael Redman
It must be an overwhelming shock to suddenly awaken one day with an entirely new view of life. Previously comfortable in our old perceptions and way of being, the new vision shatters our old world and the new one is an surrealistic landscape. more
At First Sight Review
by Dustin Putman
Directed by Irwin Winkler. Cast: Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis, Nathan Lane, Steven Weber, Bruce Davison. 1999 - 128 minutes. Rated PG-13 (for profanity and sexual situations). Reviewed January 22, 1999. more
At First Sight Review
by Walter Frith
'At First Sight' is written by Steve Levitt, Irwin Winkler and Rob Cowan and is based on the story 'To See and Not See' by Oliver Sacks. Irwin Winkler also lends his talents as director to the film. You may remember another Oliver Sacks story turned...more
At First Sight Review
by Steve Rhodes
Amy, played with a sweet, nervous energy by Mira Sorvino, is a hard driving young architect who works with her ex-husband (Steven Weber) at the firm they co-founded. As director Irwin Winkler's AT FIRST SIGHT begins, Amy checks into a spa for "a quick...more
At First Sight Review
by Berge Garabedian
Take the man who produced GOODFELLAS (9/10), give him a story based in truth written by Dr. Oliver Sacks (entitled "To see and not see"), the man portrayed by Robin Williams in AWAKENINGS, slap in Quentin Tarantino's ex-chum, Mira Sorvino, and one of the...more
At First Sight Review
by Susan Granger
Susan Granger's review of "AT FIRST SIGHT" (MGM) Based on a true medical case of a blind man who was able to see again, Irwin Winkler's film revolves around Virgil Adamson, played by Val Kilmer ("Batman"), who was totally blind from the age of...more
At First Sight Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D. MGM Director: Irwin Winkler Writer: Steve Levitt, and Irwin Winkler & Rob Cowan, story by Oliver Sacks Cast: Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis, Steven Weber, Bruce Davison, Nathan Lane more
At First Sight Review
by Scott Renshaw
AT FIRST SIGHT (MGM) Starring: Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis, Steven Weber, Nathan Lane, Bruce Davison. Screenplay: Steve Levitt, based on "To See or Not See" by Oliver Sacks. Producers: Irwin Winkler and Rob Cowan. Director: Irwin...more