GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

video-watcher i've never really went for the gushy movies (boy meets girl, boy...er...whatever girl, boy marries girl) but this is the second one that was tolerable. other one was "50 first dates". this one shows what happens when the guy's girlfriend likes the guy who's blind, but wants him 'perfect'. translate:unblind. if i may leave the subject of the movie for a minute, i adopted a deaf great dane puppy two years ago, an act that many told me was not a good idea. terms of "untrainable" and such were offered (my reaction is i hope they never have the blessing of a handicapped kid!!). she was rescued from a breeder and a fate we can all just imagine. because i know more sign language than signals used by dog trainers, i taught her sign language. she is now two and a half years old, full grown, and basically a happy healthy dog who adores everyone. the fact that she can't hear these people does not affect her. i have had some suggest that surgery may "repair" her hearing. fact is, why?? to disorient her? so i have the challenge of training her again? to make them feel better because she's "complete"? why put her though this discomfort for something that may not work? this movie brings this to light. if the person (or pet) is adjusted to what the rest of us may see as a handicap, why try to fix it? the main character in this, expertly played by val kilmer (note: i'm not a raving fan of his, but becoming one), used to his blindness, is turned into a seeing person who crashes into things because he's not used to using his eyes. he could see his surroundings before, without the burden of vision. the blind people i've known embarrass me with they way they negotiate through a crowd. makes me wonder who the handicapped one is... all in all, a movie that tells us it's okay to be different, and it's okay to accept others who can see with their ears and fingers, or listen with their eyes. find your favorite blind person, or deaf dog, and go for a walk. you'll never believe what you're missing.

herbqedi Based on a true story that was novelized by the author of the similarly themed Awakenings, At First Sight has many things going for it. To me, Val Kilmer did an excellent job of conveying his character's soul and thoughts to the audience -- this includes some selfish and irrational, but never overly irrational moments. What more could one ask from the lead actor? Mira Sorvino likewise realistically portrayed a woman so ready for love that she lets her agenda override her judgment and her vulnerabilities succumb to things that may hurt her beloved. All rings very true in this piece.Nathan Lane is marvelous in the all-too-brief role of Kilmer's sight-adjustment therapist. Steven Weber's glibness is used well in his role as Sorvino's ex-husband. Kelly McGillis comes close to stealing female acting honors from Sorvino as Kilmer's stoic and resolute yet complex over-protective sister. Her performance adds two layers of dimension beyond what the writers provided. There is a marvelously wry cameo shortly when Kilmer is adjusting to having sight. Publishing magnate and multi-millionaire Mort Zuckerman plays a writhing homeless man who Kilmer questions Sorvino about avoiding eye-contact with.Unfortunately, the main exploration of a blind-since-shortly-after-birth man who gets to see for awhile, but not without consequences, is done selectively and incompletely in a manner that left me feeling vaguely cheated by not being let know how certain adjustments and transitions went within the lead character's mind. Some of Winkler's hand-held camera-work feels unnecessarily intrusive, but that has been a hallmark of this particular director thus far. Also, as usual with Winkler, the pacing drags a bit with unnecessary melodrama around the film's midsection. Finally, the one performance in the film that I hated was delivered by the normally brilliant Bruce Davison who, apparently, was unable to overcome the carnival-barker-like way his character was written. He was much too glib, but his was the only false performance among many excellent ones.Overall, this movie made me weepy, and I recalled the poignancy of several scenes the next day. I recommend it to anyone interested enough to watch it.

jldmp1 How ordinary this turned out to be...Here was an enormous opportunity to give us an exposition on the discovery of sight - what else are movies for? But no...this is reduced to the lowest common denominator of melodrama.This really could have been something in the hands of, say, a DePalma - someone who understands that perspective comes first...Winkler sticks to flat notions of fish out of water jokes transmogrifying into occasions to grab the tissues.But then, how can we expect adventure when these things are built around star appeal? Pretty-boy Kilmer acts with his upper teeth; Sorvino is just embarrassingly bad, not even glamorous.

Catherine_Grace_Zeh AT FIRST SIGHT, in my opinion, is a very sweet, touching, and romantic film. I thought that Virgil (Val Kilmer) was a very sweet and kind man, even though he had been blind since childhood. To me, Amy (Mira Sorvino) was a very sweet, kind, and loving woman. I felt happy for her when she found Virgil. This was because she was looking for the right man. And her ex-husband, Duncan (Steven Weber), wasn't the one for her, although they still worked together at the same company. I couldn't believe they still worked together after they got a divorce. In my opinion, Virgil was the right man for Amy. Before I close, I want to say to all you people that are Val Kilmer or Mira Sorvino fans, I highly recommend this film. In conclusion, I think Val and Mira dazzle as a blind masseuse and a stressed-out architect.