Blind Dating

I originally saw the previews for this movie in the theater, which is a shock because I've only seen a small handful of movies in the theater in the past few years - Alvin and the Chipmunks, Shrek III, I Am Legend, and The Kingdom. Blind Dating is a movie that appeared to be really funny in the previews, but this shows that the people that create the previews can be pretty good at their job.

The concept of the movie is that a boy is blind (Chris Pine) and he wants to find love. His brother, Eddie Kaye Thomas, better known as Finch from The American Pie series of movies, decides to help him hook up. You can queue up the comedy of a line of girls going out with him and the humerous challenges that he must overcome until he finally meets the right girl.

In typical romance comedy fashion, the right girl initially turns out to be that chick with a 'tude that you don't like. But somehow her "soft" side suddenly jumps out when she wears some sexy outfit. The girl, Anjali Jay, is an Indian (from India, not Wyoming) and she's scheduled to be married in one of those prearranged things.

As you can predict, they fall in love, they have a fallout, then they overcome their challenges, then they come back together and everything is fine and they live happily ever after. Chicks dig this crap.

The movie lacked the humor that was portended in the movie trailer. Chris Pine's character is week, Finch is a bit of a jerk, but he's there for his brother. Anjali Jay does a nice job and I look forward to seeing her play in more movies.

Given everything, I had to give this movie 3 stars. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great. It is very predictable, but if you're in the mood to watch a movie with your lady (or your man) and you don't want to be burdened with keeping up with the plot, then this movie is for you.