Blind Dating (2006)

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

Director:

James Keach

Writer:

Christopher Theo

Stars:

Jennifer Alden, Chris Pine, Eddie Kaye Thomas

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Alden	...	Jasmine (as Jenny Alden)
Chris Pine	...	Danny
Eddie Kaye Thomas	...	Larry
Steve Wellington	...	Young Danny (as Steven Wellington)
Anjali Jay	...	Leeza Raja
Jane Seymour	...	Dr. Evans
Austin Rogers	...	Young Larry
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Dr. Perkins
Ashlyn Yates	...	Young Marie
Pooch Hall	...	Jay
Megan Umberger	...	Girl in Park #1
Olivia Garvey	...	Girl in Park #2
Frank Gerrish	...	Angelo
Gabriella Helmstetler	...	Girl in Park #3
Dee Macaluso	...	Lucia

Storyline

U.S.-based Leeza works in Dr. Perkins Medical Research Facility. Her mother, originally from India, was single when she arrived in America, and fell in with a Caucasian male as he looked like a movie star. Her dreams were shattered when he married a prettier Caucasian, leaving her to marry an East Indian. Leeza, now engaged to a boy of her father's choice, namely U.S.-based Arvind, meets with Danny, a Caucasian who is blind since his premature birth. He has enrolled himself at Dr. Perkins facility to try out a new procedure that will result in surgery to a part of his brain to restore his visual cortex, enabling him see in fuzzy black and white images. She is attracted to him, but is aware of her commitment to marry Arvind and feels it would be against the Hindu culture (where love is measured with loyalty, trust, respect, and commitment) to break off her engagement - especially when it seems that Danny may be able to see, reject her, and get involved with a much more attractive ...

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Plot Keywords:

surgery | love | blind man | blindness | engagement ring | 

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Taglines:

Date at your own risk.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language

Details

Official Sites:

Samuel Goldwyn Films LLC [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 April 2007 (Malaysia)

Also Known As:

Blind Guy Dating

Filming Locations:

Ogden, Utah, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$61,877 (USA) (11 May 2007)

Gross:

$87,416 (USA) (18 May 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Samuel Goldwyn Films, Milcoz Films, Catfish Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The vision center of the brain is located in the occipital lobe at the back of the head. Danny's operation was done on the temporal lobe behind the ear, which is closer to the memory and language section of the brain.

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Quotes

Larry: That's a condom. It's for safe sex. There's nothin' worse than a blind guy with genital warts.

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Connections

References The Godfather (1972)

User Reviews

Blind Dating is not what it looks like, it's more

I just saw Blind Dating, and I really liked it. It was fairly well acted and, more importantly, it had heart.

What I'm confused about is the cover to the film, it looks like a teenage movie with hot girls and bad jokes, but it's everything but. Chris Pine's portrait of a blind guy seems very real to me, and I really felt for him throughout the whole movie. The story is somewhat obvious, and not that inventive, but it has a point, and even though it's sometimes a little cliché it's still very decent and enjoyable. (After all IT IS a comedy/drama, there just has to bee some parts we all know.)

Everybody are just human, after all. It doesn't matter if you are visually impaired, what skin color you have or what your heritage is. Watch this flick if you want to feel a little better.