rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States; 1999
Directed by Irwin Winkler; produced by Rob Cowan, Irwin Winkler; screenplay by Steve Levitt
Starring Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis, Steven Weber, Bruce Davison, Nathan Lane
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
This movie is about a blind guy Virgil (Val Kilmer) and a woman Amy (Mira
Sorvino) falling in love. Amy finds a way to let Virgil see again with an
operation and she takes him with her to New York. The sister of Virgil
always took care of him but now he has his sight back he wants to stay with
Amy. Virgil has a lot of problems with his new thing, sight, and it gives
some trouble. Trouble between Amy and Virgil and trouble just for Virgil and
trouble just for Amy.
The story is not good. It is very simple and some melodramatic elements are
just thrown in during the movie (one of them is the father of Virgil who
left him and his sister a long time ago). The performances, especially Val
Kilmer's, make the film work. Kilmer and Sorvino have a real chemistry and
true emotions. You really feel for the both of them. Kelly McGillis as the
sister is good also and we have a nice part from Nathan Lane as a visual
therapist.
Overall the film is simple, very simple actually, but I was never bored and
never really annoyed. Kilmer did a lot better here than in most of his other
films (he was good in The Doors and Heat) and Sorvino proved to me that she
can do a lot of different things. The film is watchable because of them.