Thriller starring Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn. Emma Brody, blind since childhood, receives a corneal graft aimed at restoring her sight. However, it improves only very slowly, and she cannot register what she has seen until a few days after she has seen it. Her life is endangered when the young woman upstairs is murdered and Emma is unable to identify the killer after she has spotted him.
The concept is not exactly new - blind woman in peril fights back - but, thanks to a winning, sassy performance from Madeleine Stowe, this effortlessly rises above the routine. Stowe is a folk fiddle player recovering from an operation that will eventually allow her to see again. For the time being, she gets fleeting moments of vision, and during one of these periods she catches sight of a murderer, thereby putting her own life in danger. Aidan Quinn is the sceptical policeman assigned to watch over her, and there is also reliable support from the likes of Laurie Metcalf and James Remar. Director Michael Apted competently cranks up the tension, and Stowe's faltering flashes of sight are brilliantly realised.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Emma Brody | Madeleine Stowe |
| Detective John Hallstrom | Aidan Quinn |
| Thomas Ridgely | James Remar |
| Doctor Ryan Pierce | Peter Friedman |
| Lieutenant Mitchell | Bruce A Young |
| Candice | Laurie Metcalf |
| Crowe | Matt Roth |
| Neal Booker | Paul Dillon |
| Barry | Michael P Byrne |
| Ned | Anthony Cannata |
| Frank | Greg Noonan |
| Young Emma | Heather Schwartz |
| Emma's mother | Marilyn Dodds Frank |
| Michael | Michael Stuart Kirkpatrick |
| Sean | Sean C Cleland |
| Craig | Craig Winston Damon |
| David | David Callahan |
| Jackie | Jackie Moran |
| Mrs Davison | Mary Ann Thebus |
| Valerie Wheaton | Joy E Gregory |
| Margaret Tattersall | Lucy Childs |
| Mark Tattersall | Blake Whealy |
| Mr Tattersall | Tim Monsion |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Michael Apted |
