Review of The Blind Side (2009) by Raji K — 04 Feb 2017
Sandra Bullock and Michael Oher in a biographical pic based on Oher's life, The Blind Side. Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is called Big Mike and he is quite and keeps to himself. His father is passed, and his mother does not care for herself or him. He wanders aimlessly in life until Leigh Anne Tuhoy (Sandra Bullock) decides to take him in of the street.
Under her help, Oher gets a place to sleep and a hot meal. The family also encourages his athletics and mostly his struggling academics. He has 0.6 GPA average so they have a lot of work. Once he is able to get his grades up he starts learning about how to play football. He struggles with this initially until she teaches him to cater to his protective instincts and treat his team as family. Once he gets this, he becomes a lock for college recruiters as several colleges coaches become interested in him. The family's history with Ole Miss has the NCAA wondering if there is a scandal involved.
The Blind Side is an average football biopic. Quinton Aaron does a good job of portraying Oher as calm and charming individual. Bullock wins an Oscar for her portrayal of Yuohy. Her performance is good and she pulls of an accent, but it is far and away from being an incredible winning performance. Perhaps the classic underdog tale combined with the moral Christian values of helping is what led to the films overwhelming success. The story is interesting enough and does not force some of the elements that a Disney rendition of the film may have had. The Blind Side is what you would expect, and not much else.
-2.4.2017.
This review of The Blind Side (2009) was written by Raji K on 04 February 2017.
The Blind Side has generally received positive reviews.
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