Blind Dating (2006)

Director:

James Keach

Writer:

Christopher Theo (writer)

Release Date:

26 April 2007 (Malaysia)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Date at your own risk.

Plot:

A blind young man (Pine) thinks he finds love with an Indian woman (Jay), though their relationship is fraught with cultural differences.

Plot Keywords:

Blind | Brain Surgery | Brother | Female To Male Footsie Playing | Limousine

Cast

Chris Pine	...	Danny
Steve Wellington	...	Young Danny (as Steven Wellington)
Frank Gerrish	...	Angelo
Dee Macaluso	...	Lucia
Austin Rogers	...	Young Larry
Ashlyn Yates	...	Young Marie
Megan Umberger	...	Girl in Park #1
Olivia Garvey	...	Girl in Park #2
Gabriella Helmstetler	...	Girl in Park #3
John Keach	...	Boy in Park #1
Kris Keach	...	Boy in Park #2
Jenni Flynn	...	Kids' Mom
Susan Dolan	...	Mrs. Luciano
Robert Conder	...	Mr. Luciano (as Bob Conder)
Sean Hammond	...	Dumbass Friend #1

Also Known As:

Blind Guy Dating (USA) (working title)
Blind Guy Driving (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

USA:95 min | Argentina:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-11 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Ogden, Utah, USA

Company:

Catfish Productions

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Leeza follows Danny out from the clinic for the first time, Danny claims his brother runs a limo service called Larry's Limos. But the limo service is actually called Lorenzo's Limo, which you can see in the many shots of the limo.

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.

A painful waste of time.

it's amazing to me that a society which has mastered the concept of fire is capable of making a film this bad. Too insipidly, cloyingly cutesy to be edgy, too crass, juvenile and vulgar to be cute, and not funny enough to be either.

Additionally, there is not one single iota of genuine wit, emotion, or originality in even one frame of this odious film. It's as someone took "At First Sight", "Daredevil", "My Big fat Greek Wedding" and "Bend Like Beckham" (among others) and threw them in a blender. Worse than that the film is insulting to every group it portrays: blind people, Italian-American, African-Americans, Indian-Americans, limousine drivers, therapists. Even the portrayal of prostitutes is somehow beneath the dignity of the profession.

The ludicrous, predictable plot would be easily forgivable. After all, this is a romantic comedy. We're there to have fun and feel good. But this film sabotages itself so completely with violent swings from saccharine to sleazy that it's just about unwatchable. It's not just bad, it's "Plan 9 From Outer Space" bad. There is no justice if it doesn't reach the IMDb's worst list.

Considering that director James Keach and producer/co-star Jane Seymour have done good work in the past, this is all the more painful. A truly horrendous, painful movie-going experience. It was an insult to my backside that it had to sit through this. When I die and go the Hell, I can say "No thnaks. i saw 'Blind Dating.'"