Synopsis
A blind man has an operation to regain his sight at the urging of his girlfriend and must deal with the changes to his life.
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Cast
- Val KilmerVirgil Adamson
- Mira SorvinoAmy Benic
- Kelly McGillisJennie Adamson
- Steven WeberDuncan Allanbrook
- Bruce DavisonDr. Charles Aaron
- Nathan LanePhil Webster
- Ken HowardVirgil's Father
- Laura KirkBetsy Ernst
- Drena De NiroCaroline
- Margo WinklerNancy Bender
- 80
Los Angeles Times
An exceptionally touching and provocative love story. [15 January 1999, Calendar, p. F-4] - 63
ReelViews
Offers solid entertainment, it's too uneven to be considered memorable. - 50
Chicago Reader
Val Kilmer, clearly pleased to be entering the Oscar disability sweepstakes, does what he can as the hunk who learns how to see. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
The movie takes fascinating material and transforms it into a routine soap opera. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
Its moments of fascination and its good performances are mired in the morass of romance and melodrama that surrounds it. - 50
San Francisco Examiner
It's a movie drenched in narcissism and wish-fulfillment, almost a textbook on how to make a formulaic, romantic film. - 50
Washington Post
A love boat afloat on the vast cinematic ocean that sloshes back and forth between the stinko and the fabulous. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Here's a romance without a spark of excitement.