Blind Dating (2007)

25% of critics liked it
(24 reviews)
53% of users liked it
(12,524 ratings)

James Keach's romantic comedy Blind Dating concerns a 22-year old blind man named Danny (Chris Pine). Though Danny refuses to let his visual deficiency keep him from enjoying every aspect of life, he does shy away from women. When his brother Larry (Eddie Kaye Thomas) discovers Danny is a virgin, he… More James Keach's romantic comedy Blind Dating concerns a 22-year old blind man named Danny (Chris Pine). Though Danny refuses to let his visual deficiency keep him from enjoying every aspect of life, he does shy away from women. When his brother Larry (Eddie Kaye Thomas) discovers Danny is a virgin, he makes every effort to lift that burden from him. Although a series of dates goes very wrong in a number of ways, Danny eventually meets a nurse (Anjali Jay), who agrees to go out with him, although her Indian family may prove a greater hindrance to their happiness than his medical condition. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By: James Keach
Written By: Christopher Theo
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: May 11, 2007 Wide
On DVD: Feb 5, 2008
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films

Critic Reviews

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
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.
Annemarie Moody, Arizona Republic
The chemistry between Leeza and Danny is the only saving grace of this messy film. It's almost as if the writers couldn't stand to just watch them sweetly fall in love.
Limara Salt, Little White Lies
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.
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
Pleasant but forgettable, it's destined to end up as little more than a minor footnote on Pine's megastar CV.
Wendy Ide, Times [UK]
The whole thing ends with a jolly multicultural dance montage so gruesome that temporary blindness would be a blessed relief.
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]
The standard of acting and directing is at a very low ebb.
Ben Rawson-Jones, Digital Spy
While Pine is superb in the lead role, almost everything else fails to convince in this vastly uneven, unfunny and only sporadically dramatic enterprise.
Elliott Noble, Sky Movies
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.
Josh Winning, Total Film
This is harmless, breezy fluff.
Jes Bickham, Filmstar Magazine
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.
Allan Hunter, Daily Express
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.
Matthew Turner, ViewLondon
Blind Dating is a flawed but essentially likeable romantic comedy that succeeds thanks to a charming performance by rising star Chris Pine.
Alistair Harkness, Scotsman
An inoffensively bland piece of rom-com fluff.
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
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.
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
mixes too many issues
Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com
ambles along to no great effect but has a few chuckles along the way. No harm, no foul.
James Plath, Movie Metropolis
The filmmakers couldn't decide whether to be funny, poignant, real, or over-the-top.
David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com
A forgettable slice of hackneyed romance.
Jim Hemphill, Reel.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.

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Emily A

If it weren't for Chris Pine's natural charm, this movie probably wouldn't have been half as good. I'm not usually a fan of romantic comedies, but I found that I really liked this one, for its main character as well as those around him. I really sympathized with… More
If it weren't for Chris Pine's natural charm, this movie probably wouldn't have been half as good. I'm not usually a fan of romantic comedies, but I found that I really liked this one, for its main character as well as those around him. I really sympathized with Danny's desire to be independant and find love, and his blindness wasn't so much a physical handicap for him as it was a social handicap that influenced other people's treatment of him. There is also a parallel storyline of Danny volunteering to undergo experimental surgery that could potentiall grant him limited vision, but it takes a backseat to the romance story. The humour in this one is genuinely funny without being mean-spirited, and he ending, while unorthodox is both happy and satusfying.
Conner R

I really wish I could say this wasn't cheesy or lame, but it really is for the most part. The only redeeming quality is Chris Pine's really great performance. No one must have told him how dumb and ridiculous it was going to be because his character is really well developed… More
I really wish I could say this wasn't cheesy or lame, but it really is for the most part. The only redeeming quality is Chris Pine's really great performance. No one must have told him how dumb and ridiculous it was going to be because his character is really well developed and realistic. Now for a straight-to-video movie it's not the worst, but it just has all those stereotypical quirky moments that have long since been considered cute or even amusing.
Sanjaya &

Nothing special about this movie, really I mean that... Chris Pine act's was sucks, he played a blind man who wasn't like a blind man... Even he walking as a straight man... It is true that some scenes made me laugh, but the whole movie just not that good... Just watch it in… More
Nothing special about this movie, really I mean that... Chris Pine act's was sucks, he played a blind man who wasn't like a blind man... Even he walking as a straight man... It is true that some scenes made me laugh, but the whole movie just not that good... Just watch it in your spare time...
Dean M

It's hysterically funny and interesting ideas that could have been explored in this comedy-drama movie - one is a blind young man, interested in a serious relationship and wanting to have sex with meaning and how he goes about pursing that relationship and what happens along the… More
It's hysterically funny and interesting ideas that could have been explored in this comedy-drama movie - one is a blind young man, interested in a serious relationship and wanting to have sex with meaning and how he goes about pursing that relationship and what happens along the way. Chris Pine deserves some better roles, to see what he can actually make with something more complex and intelligent. The support actors are quite good in fact and I especially liked Jane Seymour's performance.
Wahida K

There is nothing worster than a blind dating my Friend.
William G

Wholly routine rom-com with no chemistry, laughs, originality or heart.
Leo L

Great, phenomenal movie! Hilarious. Chris Pine and Eddie Kaye Thomas are absolutely two crazy guys as they portray a couple of brothers in this movie. One is blind, and the other isn't. Pine's character wants to find true love, but feels that his blindness is the absolute… More
Great, phenomenal movie! Hilarious. Chris Pine and Eddie Kaye Thomas are absolutely two crazy guys as they portray a couple of brothers in this movie. One is blind, and the other isn't. Pine's character wants to find true love, but feels that his blindness is the absolute factor in why he can't maintain a relationship. In his embarkment of finding 'true love' on various blind dates, lo and behold, his one and only is the temp working in the clinic that he attends for treatments. Great comedy, worth checking out.
Janice :

WHAT THE HELL?! This is so boring, it's incredible! I mean, I, having seen this movie, can't even believe it - and I'm an empiricist! The world has gone crazy to now be making this type of film. This is the first sign of an apocalypse!!!!!
Andrew P

A comedy which stars off strong but loses its charm towards the end and becomes boring, good cencept about a blind guy but was possrly written towards the third act.