Entertaining Feel Good Movie

Rating: 9/10 (29 November 2009)

The Blind Side is a Hollywood feel-good movie. My wife and I saw it with some friends and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. We found it uplifting, inspiring and often funny. However, I saw this movie reviewed on At The Movies and it was given a terrible review so it's not for everyone. The film is based on a true story and was written and directed by John Lee Hancock (The Rookie, The Alamo).
Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy a wealthy Memphis decorator. She and her husband send their two kids to a posh private school. One of the students is Big Mike (Quinton Aaron) a poor, homeless black teenager who has been given a football scholarship. Big Mike has an awful life, his mother is a drug addict and he has no father. The Tuohy family find Mike walking in the rain, they take him in and he becomes a member of the family. Big Mike is renamed Michael and becomes a high school football star.
Bullock is brilliant as a tough Southern lady with a heart of gold. She turns Michael's life around by providing him with a loving home and hires a tutor to make sure he gets into college. She even on occasion helps to coach the team. Overall, the Blind Side is an enjoyable and entertaining movie.