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Mood:
Sentimental Sincere Touching Bittersweet Contemplative Emotional Gloomy
Plot:
Couple Relations Hopes Love and Romance Mind and Soul Couples Starting Over Fall in Love
Genres:
Drama Melodrama Romance
Time/Period:
20th Century 90s
Place:
New York USA Resort
Based on:
Based on Article Based on True Story
Attitudes:
Serious Realistic Slow
Flag:
Brief Nudity Sexual Content

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At First Sight, 1999

Starring: Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino

Directed by: Irwin Winkler

Written by: Steve Levitt

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 128 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:5.7

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The mood of At First Sight is bittersweet, sentimental, and sincere. The plot centers around couples relations, hopes, and love and romance. It is a drama and romance movie. Stylistically, At First Sight is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. At First Sight takes place, at least partly, at a resort. The setting is New York. It happens in the 1990s. At First Sight is inspired by an article and originally a true story. Note that it includes brief nudity and sexual content.

Summary of At First Sight

Amy (Sorvino) is a fast-paced Manhattan architect who falls for the the masseur at a resort where she is trying to relax. Virgil has been blind since the age of three, and is cared for by his loving sister. Amy takes Virgil to New York, to his sister's objections, in order for him to receive a radical new treatment which will restore his sight. Though the surgery is successful, Virgil's added sense creates a whole new set of problems for him, straining his relationship with Amy. When disease once again threatens his vision, important decisions must be made, which will affect Virgil and Amy forever.