"Honey, you're changing that boy's life".

Rating: 8/10 (9 January 2011)

I guess you just can't win with some movie goers. I'm reading the negative comments on this film, and it appears that many reviewers find the story just too completely unbelievable, to the point of being racist. Some even decry the story as being totally unrealistic, even a fictional piece of work. I guess it never occurred to some of these folks that this was a true story, and one that occurred not that long ago. Michael Oher is a real person now playing pro football, and it's his story that's generally well documented in "The Blind Side". I'm not saying that the picture is a cinematic masterpiece, but when it comes to chronicling good Christian values, no, make that good HUMAN values, how is the story to be considered a piece of crap, which is what some of the milder flame throwers are calling it. You know, I want to be as positive as I can be about where this country and this world is headed down the road, but when something as All-American as extending a helping hand to a fellow human being is derided in popular culture, I have to rethink my premises. You want the world to be a better place, try living your life like the Touhy's. If you prefer seeing it as an arena for deriding your fellow man and questioning the motive behind every good deed, then be a movie critic.