''Love at First Sight'' is a 1977 Canadian

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film directed by

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,"The film world, as seen only from Ontario". ''

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'', December 12, 1987.

Synopsis

''Love at First Sight'' is a

about a young woman, Shirley ( Mary Ann McDonald), and a clumsy blind man named Roy (

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). The pair flees to

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to open a restaurant when Shirley's controlling and unpleasant father Frank (George Murray) objects to their relationship.

Reception

The film was critically panned at the time. Aykroyd was still with ''

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'' at the time the picture was made and this is his first film. The theme song was " Do You Believe in Love at First Sight" written by

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, Gerry Shury,

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and Frank McDonald and recorded by

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. The song had been performed a year earlier by Polly Brown.

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* * 1977 films 1977 romantic comedy films Canadian romantic comedy films English-language Canadian films Films about blind people Films directed by Rex Bromfield 1977 directorial debut films 1970s English-language films 1970s Canadian films {{1970s-Canada-film-stub

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