The Blind Side
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Big teenager Michael (Quinton Aaron) is surviving on his lonesome, virtually homeless, when he is spotted on the road by the well-to-do Leigh Anne Tuhoy (Sandra Bullock, in her Oscar winning role). Learning that he is one of her daughter's classmates, Leigh Anne insists Michael stay at the Tuhoy home for the night.
What starts out as a gesture of kindness turns into something more as Michael becomes part of the family and Leigh Anne takes a keen interest in his grades, his American football form and the company he keeps.
Based on a true story.
Starring
Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Kathy Bates
Directed by
John Lee Hancock ('The Rookie')
Written by
John Lee Hancock
Festivals & Awards
Academy Award winner for Best Actress (Sandra Bullock), 2010.
(PG) contains coarse language | Biography, Drama, Sport | USA | Official Website
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Fantastic
This is a great movie - I loved it. I was put off for quite a while thinking it would be a chick flick - but when I finally saw it - I thought it was awesome. Amazing true story.
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Reviewed by Georgia
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Going into this movie I had high expectations because of the hype on tv, for once the movie actually lived up to the hype. Great movie, made me laugh and almost cry. Love Sandra Bullock and she didnt disapoint in this movie.
Reviewed by Melissathe best but sad movie every!
The Blind Side, is the best but sad movie every! i love this movie because it has made me relise about all thge little kids pwt there who need help! and i wanna help them!
Reviewed by BrianaLOVED IT
this movie is a breath of fresh air. such a warm and hopeful story with sandra bullock at her best
Reviewed by moviequeen
A beautiful story with a moral quality, that is hard to find in entertainment today, let alone real life. It didn't rely on sex and special effects to capture your attention.
Reviewed by Debra Newtonthe best
The Blind Side is an uplifting and wholesome entertainment,feel-good, fact-based sports and emotionally engaging drama that's worth seeing for Bullock's Oscar-winning performance.
Reviewed by steven AielloPRESS REVIEWS
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Empire (UK)
Bullock delivers a towering performance that grabs the movie and the Oscar race by the scruff of the neck. You will be moved, but at the price of any nuance or complexity.
Click to read full review.Hollywood Reporter
Bullock is an irrepressible hoot in writer-director John Lee Hancock's otherwise thoroughly conventional take on Michael Lewis' fact-based book "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game."
Click to read full review.Los Angeles Times
Wisely, Hancock has given the film as much humor as heart.
Click to read full review.New York Times
The film, not unsurprisingly for a holiday- (and football-) season release from a major Hollywood studio, plays this story straight down the middle, shedding nuance and complication in favor of maximum uplift.
Click to read full review.NZherald.co.nz (Francesca Rudkin)
Formulaic, but uplifting and wholesome entertainment.
Click to read full review.Total Film (UK)
Massaging the facts for extra movie sentimentalism, Hancock’s drama has a severe case of selective myopia. As feel-good multiplex fodder goes, however, it’s an emotional smartbomb.
Click to read full review.TV3 (Kate Rodger)
It was in the very ho-hum almost lazy movie-by-numbers way this film was delivered which sucked all the drama from it.
Click to read full review.tvnz.co.nz (Darren Bevan)
I can see why The Blind Side did well in America and I can see how it will resonate with some here.
Click to read full review.Variety (USA)
Uplifting and entertaining feel-good, fact-based sports drama.
Click to read full review.ViewAuckland.co.nz (Matt Turner)
Hollywoodisation issues aside, The Blind Side is an enjoyable, emotionally engaging drama that's worth seeing for Bullock's Oscar-winning performance.
Click to read full review.Flicks.co.nz "The Blind Side" Movie Review
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James Croot, Flicks.co.nz
Speed, While You Were Sleeping, A Time to Kill. It seems a shame that Bullock should win an Oscar for one of her least charismatic performances. I guess her big-haired, BMW-driving, god-fearing southern gal was just too much for the Academy to resist.
Pitched somewhere between Mamma Gump and Erin Brockovich, her Leigh-Anne is more a force of nature than a character in this candy-coated version of Precious. Prone to homespun homilies and pithy comebacks she dominates this movie to the unfortunate detriment of everyone else. Which is pity, particularly given the Forrest Whittaker-esque Aaron shows strong potential.
Although based in reality, John Lee Hancock's tale never seems more than just a more serious version of TV's Different Strokes or Webster as a rich white family takes in a po' black boy; the dramatic obstacles never even requiring Leigh-Anne to do much voice raising. Product placement is particularly appalling with Borders getting a big plug and Taco Bell reaping the dubious benefits of McGraw's character being a fast food chain owner.
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