A young blind man (Pine) thinks he's found love with an Indian woman (Jay) though their relationship is fraught with cultural differences.A young blind man (Pine) thinks he's found love with an Indian woman (Jay) though their relationship is fraught with cultural differences.A young blind man (Pine) thinks he's found love with an Indian woman (Jay) though their relationship is fraught with cultural differences.
Jennifer Alden
- Jasmine
- (as Jenny Alden)
Steve Wellington
- Young Danny
- (as Steven Wellington)
Katy Mixon Greer
- Suzie
- (as Katy Mixon)
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Well, this was good enough that I watched it the whole way through... but also bad enough that at the end I was kind of letdown. I wanted it to be so much better than it was.
The romance was so simplistic that it did not seem authentic and they didn't seem to have much chemistry.
The family was so hodgepodge looking that it was distracting- yeah right they are brothers, yeah right that's his dad...
I think this got bit in the butt by a low budget and honestly it was kind of sophomoric... it's a romance without "big boy pants." So I neither recommend it nor swear you off it completely.. just keep your expectations low and they will be met.
The romance was so simplistic that it did not seem authentic and they didn't seem to have much chemistry.
The family was so hodgepodge looking that it was distracting- yeah right they are brothers, yeah right that's his dad...
I think this got bit in the butt by a low budget and honestly it was kind of sophomoric... it's a romance without "big boy pants." So I neither recommend it nor swear you off it completely.. just keep your expectations low and they will be met.
This is a comedy about a blind guy realising that he has never had any taste of women, and hence searches for his first love.
The poster suggests that this is a teenage sex comedy. However, just a few horrible dating scenes are not enough to make it into a comedy. It is not a drama either as there is too little portrayal of the characters feelings. Most of the characters are too clichéd and stereotypical to be funny. The relationship between Danny and Leeza is unconvincing either. The whole film lacks the substance which attracts the viewers to continue finding out what happened.
At least, a film about blind people gets made. It reminds people about the extra hardships that blind people face. Such a theme is not often explored. I guess the filmmakers should be applauded for their effort, but the outcome of it leaves much to be desired.
The poster suggests that this is a teenage sex comedy. However, just a few horrible dating scenes are not enough to make it into a comedy. It is not a drama either as there is too little portrayal of the characters feelings. Most of the characters are too clichéd and stereotypical to be funny. The relationship between Danny and Leeza is unconvincing either. The whole film lacks the substance which attracts the viewers to continue finding out what happened.
At least, a film about blind people gets made. It reminds people about the extra hardships that blind people face. Such a theme is not often explored. I guess the filmmakers should be applauded for their effort, but the outcome of it leaves much to be desired.
I just saw Blind Dating, and I really liked it. It was fairly well acted and, more importantly, it had heart.
What I'm confused about is the cover to the film, it looks like a teenage movie with hot girls and bad jokes, but it's everything but. Chris Pine's portrait of a blind guy seems very real to me, and I really felt for him throughout the whole movie. The story is somewhat obvious, and not that inventive, but it has a point, and even though it's sometimes a little cliché it's still very decent and enjoyable. (After all IT IS a comedy/drama, there just has to bee some parts we all know.)
Everybody are just human, after all. It doesn't matter if you are visually impaired, what skin color you have or what your heritage is. Watch this flick if you want to feel a little better.
What I'm confused about is the cover to the film, it looks like a teenage movie with hot girls and bad jokes, but it's everything but. Chris Pine's portrait of a blind guy seems very real to me, and I really felt for him throughout the whole movie. The story is somewhat obvious, and not that inventive, but it has a point, and even though it's sometimes a little cliché it's still very decent and enjoyable. (After all IT IS a comedy/drama, there just has to bee some parts we all know.)
Everybody are just human, after all. It doesn't matter if you are visually impaired, what skin color you have or what your heritage is. Watch this flick if you want to feel a little better.
Danny Valdessecchi (Chris Pine) is blind and everybody likes him. Girls think he's hot and his psychiatrist Dr. Evans (Jane Seymour) can't stop stripping in front of him. His inappropriate limo-driving brother Larry (Eddie Kaye Thomas) keeps trying to set him up to lose his virginity. He volunteers for experimental brain surgery to regain his eyesight. Leeza (Anjali Jay) is the new receptionist at the medical office. She has been promised to a traditional East Indian arranged marriage.
Chris Pine is an appealing photogenic guy. Brother Larry and the various girls seem to be trying for a wacky comedy. It's not done that well but it looks worst next to the humorless Leeza. There is next-to-no chemistry between her and Danny. She might as well be in another movie from a stripping Jane Seymour. This movie has split personality and they don't get along. Instead of trying to give Leeza her own dramatic story, the movie should try harder to incorporate her into his drama and give her some fun.
Chris Pine is an appealing photogenic guy. Brother Larry and the various girls seem to be trying for a wacky comedy. It's not done that well but it looks worst next to the humorless Leeza. There is next-to-no chemistry between her and Danny. She might as well be in another movie from a stripping Jane Seymour. This movie has split personality and they don't get along. Instead of trying to give Leeza her own dramatic story, the movie should try harder to incorporate her into his drama and give her some fun.
I really wanted to like this movie. Chris Pine is adorable and gives an appealing performance as a blind man looking for love. It's such a compelling story - how can you not root for this guy? But the movie doesn't know how to pick a tone! First, it's a raunchy, sexed-up comedy, with Danny's therapist stripping down to her underwear for no discernible reason and one of his blind dates pushing his face into her breasts and another doing a completely unsexy strip tease, which, of course, he can't see. Meanwhile, he's fallen in love with the lovely receptionist at his doctor's office, where he is contemplating an experimental surgery to partially restore his sight. It's like there were two movies that got crammed into one. The first is aimed at teenage boys and the other is aimed at people like me, who actually like movies about real people and real emotions. If you can ignore the sophomoric stuff, it's not a bad romance. And I guess if you just came for the breasts, there's enough of those for you. But it could have been a far better movie if they had just decided which one they wanted to make.
Did you know
- TriviaAnjali Jay's debut.
- GoofsWhen Danny is giving Larry a gift for being a great brother and friend, Larry comes forward and takes the bag from Danny and gives him a hug. After the hug, the next shot is of Larry taking the bag from Danny again. So, he takes the bag twice.
- Quotes
Danny: You remember when you tried to tell me what your family thought about love? Well, let me tell you what I think love is. Love is how you speak to me. You have a softness in your voice that- And love is how you touch me... and guide me showing me the way to go. And when we kiss-when we kiss... it moves me to my soul.
- ConnectionsFeatures Casablanca (1942)
- SoundtracksCasablanca Score
Written by Max Steiner
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- Cita a Ciegas
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $90,560
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $61,877
- May 13, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $945,718
- Runtime
- 1h 39m(99 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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