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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAn exceptionally touching and provocative love story. [15 January 1999, Calendar, p. F-4]
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliOffers solid entertainment, it's too uneven to be considered memorable.
- 50Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumVal Kilmer, clearly pleased to be entering the Oscar disability sweepstakes, does what he can as the hunk who learns how to see.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe movie takes fascinating material and transforms it into a routine soap opera.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIts moments of fascination and its good performances are mired in the morass of romance and melodrama that surrounds it.
- 50San Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ExaminerG. Allen JohnsonIt's a movie drenched in narcissism and wish-fulfillment, almost a textbook on how to make a formulaic, romantic film.
- 50Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanA love boat afloat on the vast cinematic ocean that sloshes back and forth between the stinko and the fabulous.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumHere's a romance without a spark of excitement.
- 30L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmEven when the film does strike some genuinely heart-tugging notes, they’re invariably shattered by such ham-fisted lines as “You really are blind.” At times, it’s enough to make you wish you were deaf.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovDirector Irwin Winkler and his cast obviously hope to shed light on the boundaries of love, and instead come up with a walloping case of the preachies.