First of all....I didn't like it. At first sight, you would think this film has the potential of really touching the audience's heart, but instead the only thing this film impacted upon was your wallet. Val Kilmer plays a massage therapist, who has been blind since a child, but has an enhanced sense of touch. Enter Mira Sorvino who is seeking a retreat site to get away from it all and finds herself at the mercy of Val's magic touch. While re-energizing, she finds time to contact a world-renowned eye doctor who can restore Val's sight. Amazingly, all this seemed to be developed within the first 15 minutes of the film. I found the movie boring, predictable, and way to fast. I felt as though I missed something...like two hours of the film. There was very little cohesiveness in the transition between scenes and almost no character development. Sorvino was predictable and spacey, which became a lethal combination. You will be bored, you will be tired, you will be wondering when this film will end. The only person I liked in this whole movie was Nathan Lane, who played a vision-therapist. Now the film was not designed to be educational, but I felt Lane's character taught me something about blindness and sight that I didn't previously know. Bottom line...Val Kilmer looked more like he was doing a "blu-blocker" commercial rather than putting his acting skills together for what could have been a strong role.
Review of At First Sight
