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 |