Wonderful message but bad approach

Rating: 7/10 (15 November 2009)

I managed to catch a preview of the so called inspirational football saga THE BLIND SIDE. Based on a true story, the message tells us, regardless of what horrible background you have in life, what sort of set-backs, you can push yourself to be a winner. This is nice, but what kills the film is the character Sandra Bullock plays. She is very self-righteous defiant (She is photographed too often with a sneer and arms crossed) soccer mom type. She comes across more like "I need to show who is boss, who is tough..." as opposed to "Gee, I want to help this kid." The slum-kid she is helping usually has a sad beaten-puppy expression -like the only way this guy can help himself is if a tough-love spitting python like Ms. Bullock comes along. The film-makers are clearly tiring to win over the soccer-mom crowd, which they may do and help this film gain a profit, but others may be turned off by Sandy's "I'm a B---- because I can be."