Directed by John Lee Hancock based on the book by Michael Lewis, The Blind Side stars Sandra Bullock who won the Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for The Blind Side, the Critics Choice Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. With an equally as strong cast of Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Ray McKinnon and Kathy Bates - Quinton Aaron has also been nominated for various Best Actor and Best Breakthrough performance awards. So we make no mistake in saying – this film is bound to bring out the inner sentiments and move you through terrific performances based on true events.

The Plot

Depicting the story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, he is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfil his potential. At the same time, Oher’s presence in the Touhy’s lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.

The Thoughts

Whilst I thought it was a really good movie – it certainly tugged on my heart strings a fair bit and the performance by Sandra Bullock was nothing short of a high standard but the aftermath of watching this movie left me wondering why it was so Oscar-worthy.

The story was too sugar-coated, the characters cruised along smoothly with one event leading onto the next without difficulty or social ramifications i.e. a white middle class family taking in a black working class boy under their wing conjures many-a-racist image but there were hardly any hardships shown.