Same old Cheesy American Garbage

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2009)

The characters were pretty two-dimensional, and were for the most part as transparent as glass. That is to say, you'll feel no sense of intrigue when introduced to the characters because you'll know exactly who they are and what their place is in the film as soon as they first appear. This is with exception to 'Michael' who was really the 'main' character of the film. Nonetheless, I felt this movie was more about everyone else being nice to him rather than being about him and the turmoil he had face being a young African-American coming from an impoverished background. Therefore you'll find that the one character you want to know more about remains some what of a mystery for the extent of the movie.
The one character that stands out in this film is 'leigh Anne tuohy', played by Sandra Bullock. This character was 'The Blind Sides' biggest down side. She came across as being arrogant and self-righteous for the duration of the film. And although the character was supposed to be a heroine, it seemed to me the only reason she was doing the things she did was so she could feel smug and good about herself.
Although the story itself was quite 'nice' and had some sentiment behind it, I found it very tedious to watch. There was no conflict of any kind in this movie and the plot was so predictable I felt like I knew what was going to happen before even the writers did.
I understand that some people enjoy 'feel-good' movies, and on occasions, so do I. But this movie takes the genre to a whole new level- to the extent where you're just praying for something bad to happen to one of the characters just to add a bit of depth to the movie.
If I were going to sum up the plot of this movie in one sentence it would be; things start off OK, they get better, everyone's happy, things get even better, every feels great, the end. If I were going to sum it up in one word it would be 'cheese'.
If you're looking for a low brow, feel good movie that isn't going to make you think than this is the movies for you. If you want to sit down for an hour and fifty minutes and watch something that's going to make you feel so good about life that you're probably gunna want to puke afterwards then watch this film.
The only reason I've given this movie a half decent rating is because I can see the merits of it, despite the fact I found it quite boring to watch. The dialogue, for the most part, is pretty good and the direction was brilliant. I just felt that it was poor story telling, for the reason that there was no real story- at least not one worthy of being made into a movie.