Language: English
Genre: Drama, Sports
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins
Director: John Lee Hancock
Reasons to watch: A truly inspiring movie.
Reasons not to watch: Running time of 2 hours 8 minutes is a little too long and Sandra Bullock puts on a forced accent.
Storyline: The movie is based on Michael Lewis’ remarkable true story as told in his autobiography, “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game”. Since I haven’t read this book, I assume that John Lee Hancock has taken some artistic liberties to increase the emotional quotient in the movie.
The Blind Side is a football drama; and as there should be in any sports movie, there is always an underdog. After having had a poor and oppressed childhood, Michael Oher a homeless African – American over-sized teenager, gets adopted by the Touhys, a well-to-do American white family. Living in a new and unfamiliar environment, Michael is accosted by an entirely different set of challenges to overcome and meanwhile, the Touhys also make incisive self-revelations as a result of Michael’s presence in their household.
Soon, Leigh Anne Touhy (Sandra Bullock) begins to learn about the tyrannies the teen has gone through in his life and the more Leigh Anne soaks up about Michael’s agitated past the more striving she is to help the boy achieve success in life. With valuable help from his coaches and adopted family, Michael Oher toils hard and eventually emerges as an All-American aggressive left-tackle and a football sensation.
Climax Handling: A depiction of kindness that a blind man can see and a deaf man can hear.
Points:
Leigh Anne (Sandra Bullock) reading to Michael (Quinton Aaron) and SJ (Jae Head) — “And then she thrust his face deep into her heaving bosom as his hands reached down into his……Whoops! Wrong book! Sorry, kids.”
Rating: 8.5/10
Comments: If inspiration is what you need in life, then this is one of those movie to watch.
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