It isn't easy to make a movie that stars Mira Sorvino that I don't thoroughly enjoy, but director Irwin Winkler (Raging Bull, Goodfellas) managed to do just that with At First Sight, a cloylingly sweet movie that moved as slowly as molasses in the dead of winter.

Even more amazing is that Winkler managed this feat with Sorvino acting alongside another very talented actor, Val Kilmer. Kilmer, who was robbed of Oscar recognition for his terrific work in Tombstone plays Virgil Adamson, a blind massuer at a resort in upstate New York. Sorvino is Amy Benic, an overworked architect who ends up at the resort to try to unstress from her very stressful existence.

This movie is based on a true story and one of its pluses is that the visuals are lushly filmed and great fun to look at. It also features a strong performance by Kelly McGillis as Virgil's sister Jennie.

Virgil and Amy become lovers and that results in a big change in Virgil's life, as he comes to New York with Amy. Being someone who isn't satisfied with things as they are, Amy does some research and discovered that there is a way that Virgil may be able to recover his sight.

If you're still in your seat by this part of the film, you get to see some of the few good moments when Virgil gets to see again. He is helped in his adjustment to a world where all of his senses work by a wonderful therapist in this field (Nathan Lane, who continues to amaze me with the depth and breadth of roles he can handle with ease). But with the news that Virgil will again lose his sight, there are additional strains on his relationship with Amy.

Rather than renting this movie, you may just want to pick up the book To See and Not See by Oliver Sacks.