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Blind Dating (2007)

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Reviews Counted:23

Fresh:6

Rotten:17

Average Rating:4.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $61,877

Synopsis: BLIND DATING is a hilarious comedy about Danny (Chris Pine), an intelligent, confident, handsome young man who also happens to be blind. Not that he's letting that hold him back-for the most part,... BLIND DATING is a hilarious comedy about Danny (Chris Pine), an intelligent, confident, handsome young man who also happens to be blind. Not that he's letting that hold him back-for the most part, Danny refuses to let his visual impairment get in the way of anything. He's one of the most popular guys in town, and is even an ace at basketball. Which is why Danny's girl-crazy, limo-driving brother Larry (Eddie Kaye Thomas, AMERICAN PIE) is horrified to discover that Danny is not only shy and nervous when it comes to the opposite sex, he's also a virgin. Determined to help Danny have his first sexual experience, his brother Larry sets up a series of hysterically disastrous blind dates with shallow girls that can't seem to get past his sight impairment. Danny is all but ready to give up on love, until he meets a pretty young East Indian nurse named Leeza (Anjali Jay), who works at the office of his eye doctor. The two seem made for each other…until Leeza reveals that she has been promised to another man in an arranged marriage. Also starring Jane Seymour as Danny's psychologist (who has a penchant for disrobing during their sessions together), BLIND DATING is a warm and funny story about overcoming the cultural boundaries, physiological differences, and above all, finding true love. BLIND DATING stars Chris Pine (JUST MY LUCK), Eddie Kaye Thomas, Anjali Jay, Jane Seymour (WEDDING CRASHERS, WB's "Modern Men"), and Stephen Tobolowsky. The film is written by Christopher Theo and directed by James Keach (Producer, WALK THE LINE), executive produced by Jane Seymour and Steve Bickel and produced by Costa Theo, James Keach, Joy Mellins, and David Shanks. -- © IDP Distribution [More]

Starring: Chris Pine, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jane Seymour, Anjali Jay

Starring: Chris Pine, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jane Seymour, Anjali Jay, Stephen Tobolowsky

Director: James Keach

Director: James Keach
Screenwriter: Christopher Theo
Producer: Joy Mellins, Dave Shanks, Costa Theo
Composer: Heitor Pereira
Studio: IDP Distribution

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Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
10/02/09
Empire Magazine
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Blind Dating also manages to be an incredibly muddled 95 minutes in which emotions are replaced by aggressive music cues to force the viewer to care for characters that are paper thin at best.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
09/18/09
Limara Salt
Limara Salt
Little White Lies

Pleasant but forgettable, it’s destined to end up as little more than a minor footnote on Pine’s megastar CV.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
09/18/09
Tom Huddlestone
Tom Huddlestone
Time Out

The whole thing ends with a jolly multicultural dance montage so gruesome that temporary blindness would be a blessed relief.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
09/18/09
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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The standard of acting and directing is at a very low ebb.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
09/18/09
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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While Pine is superb in the lead role, almost everything else fails to convince in this vastly uneven, unfunny and only sporadically dramatic enterprise.

Full Review Source: Digital Spy | comment Comment
09/18/09
Ben Rawson-Jones
Ben Rawson-Jones
Digital Spy

Small wonder this hard-to-swallow cocktail of bawdy comedy, cross-cultural romance and issue-of-the-week melodrama was left on the shelf for three years. The marketing people can’t have had a clue what to do with it.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
09/18/09
Elliott Noble
Elliott Noble
Sky Movies

This is harmless, breezy fluff.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
09/18/09
Josh Winning
Josh Winning
Total Film

It's Pine that keeps the whole thing afloat, and he manages, astonishingly, to make even the clunkiest, cheesiest lines work, almost transforming the film's chocolate-box sentiments into something honest.

Full Review Source: Filmstar Magazine | comment Comment
09/18/09
Jes Bickham
Jes Bickham
Filmstar Magazine

An uneven mixture of crude high jinks and sweet romance, this just about makes the grade thanks to its breezy geniality and Pine’s charismatic performance as Danny.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment Comment
09/18/09
Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter
Daily Express

Blind Dating is a flawed but essentially likeable romantic comedy that succeeds thanks to a charming performance by rising star Chris Pine.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
09/18/09
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

An inoffensively bland piece of rom-com fluff.

Full Review Source: Scotsman | comment Comment
09/18/09
Alistair Harkness
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman

This film wavers between a sweet rom-com, a gross-out romp and a drama about diversity. Thanks to a strong cast, these three elements work on their own, but struggle to make much sense together.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
09/17/09
Rich Cline
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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
04/10/09
Robert Koehler
Robert Koehler
Variety
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mixes too many issues

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment Comment
08/18/08
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

ambles along to no great effect but has a few chuckles along the way. No harm, no foul.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
06/13/08
Don Willmott
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

A forgettable slice of hackneyed romance.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
02/17/08
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com

The fact that Blind Dating provides a relationship between two characters whom the audience desperately wants to see wind up together is ultimately all that matters.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment 3 Comments
05/11/07
Jim Hemphill
Jim Hemphill
Reel.com

It's not preachy or weepy. Instead, it's a lively yet meaningful romantic comedy that doesn't lose sight of its central mission: to entertain.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment 2 Comments
05/11/07
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle

Christopher Theo's script aims for American Pie raunch, which doesn't work in a watered-down PG-13 form.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
05/11/07
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune
 
 
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