At First Sight
Published September 21, 2010
Film info
- Title At First Sight
- Director Irwin Winkler
- Year 1999
- Run time 2hrs 1m
- Genres Drama, Romance
- Tagline Science gave him sight, she gave him vision
Blind since childhood, Virgil Adamson is working as a masseur in an upstate New York spa when he meets and falls in love with Amy Benic, a stressed-out, career-driven architect. Certain that Virgil's simple world will be greatly enhanced by an operation to restore his sight, Amy ultimately realises that Virgil's new vision puts a fresh focus on both their lives.
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:51 | I like people that struggle to take vacation. Why is it so bad to enjoy your work? |
| 5:07 | Oh god. Massage is so freakishly uncomfortable. |
| 5:35 | He doesn’t have a table with a hole in it for her face. |
| 9:11 | She’s thanking him for making her cry. |
| 10:08 | Why is he getting on the school bus? |
| 14:18 | “I was describing you to my dog.” Nice chat up line! |
| 16:29 | All this snow. This film is making me cold. |
| 21:07 | He lost his sight between one and three, I’m impressed he can remember seeing anything. |
| 27:30 | She was married to Duncan? |
| 28:46 | A tax return is a valid reason to cry. |
| 31:03 | You can ice skate without ice skates? |
| 34:01 | Playboy in Braille! That is very cool. |
| 36:31 | Fake search engine alert. |
| 38:54 | I would wait until I knew Virgil a bit better before trying to “fix him.” |
| 41:07 | “I prefer to think of it as not winning.” |
| 45:52 | That’s the thing, isn’t it? What have you got to lose? But it’s all about getting your hopes up and having them dashed. |
| 49:12 | Do not show too much eye operation please. |
| 51:12 | They might have told him about the camera crew beforehand. |
| 53:25 | Surely it takes a while to adjust, and also even if that was all he could see, wouldn’t that be more than ever before? |
| 55:29 | Were they expecting him just to be fixed? The guy has never been able to see. |
| 57:04 | I cannot begin to imagine what it’s like to see yourself for the first time. |
| 1:04:25 | That’s Nathan Lane! |
| 1:08:11 | At least in New York you can go around bumping into things, and no one will notice. |
| 1:09:53 | Blimey, he’d have to learn to read and everything. |
| 1:12:56 | “It’s a lobster!” “People eat this?” |
| 1:18:45 | He might not understand her look, but he must be able to recognise her tone. |
| 1:26:03 | Surely no one has Mack the Knife as their song. |
| 1:32:06 | It only takes five weeks?? |
| 1:33:37 | They are ice skating again. I need to watch a film set in Hawaii next. Brr. |
| 1:41:35 | Don’t lie to her, don’t lie to her. |
| 1:44:10 | It was candyfloss all along! |
| 1:48:39 | She was pushing for him to be able to see right from the start, so I can see his point. |
| 1:53:49 | I wish it would rain now. I want to listen. |
Thoughts
I had never heard of this film, but the iPlayer offered it up. I thought it was going to be a really soppy and sentimental one, so I don’t even know why I decided to give it a go, but in the end, I was at a loose end.
It certainly wasn’t the film I was expecting, because it whilst a romance, there was so much underlying tension and story that it wasn’t just about them. I couldn’t quite understand the motives behind the woman… I’ve forgotten her name already. There’s also the fact that the film made me feel cold throughout. I wouldn’t watch it again, but it was an okay way to spend two hours.
Rating: 3 / 5