A truly inspirational and heartwarming true story.

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 2010)

The Blind Side stars Sandra Bullock as mum Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband Sean Tuohy played by Tim McGraw who take in a young black lad Michael Oher played by Quinton Aaron who lives in a rundown neighbourhood with his mum whose is on drugs and he himself who struggles at school but is great at sports. Leigh and Sean spot Quinton out at night in the rain and take him in. Here he gets a better life as the Tuohy's live in a large house and end up treating him like their own son with the mother of Michael who lets her son go. From here the Tuohy's encourage Micheal to be more confident in himself and help him improve his grades at school and encourage him to pursue American football as he wants to enter the NFL professionally.
This is similar to Clint Eastwood's Invictus of telling a true story and being inspirational, the difference is there wasn't enough for me with Invictus, but The Blind Side is a different story. My dad took me to see this at the cinema and I wasn't expecting to like it much, but I kept an open mind and settled in my seat with my popcorn and drink and within fifteen minutes I was engrossed so much I forgot I had popcorn or that I was even at the cinema! This is the movie Invictus should have been. The viewer is taken on a fascinating journey of love, sadness and inspiration. Sandra Bullock for me has always been a good actress but one that never really stood out from the crowd, but she deserved her Oscar for this. Her acting was absolutely outstanding, it was nothing short of sensational, other actors like Tim McGraw and Kathy Bates as Michael's home tutor give good support and Quinton Aaron, though he dosen't speak much, he had a child-like innocence and charm that won me over.
I was kept gripped by the whole 130 minutes of this movie and at the end it was one of those rare movies that I hated to see end. I could have happily sat there for another hour watching it. In the end this was a very inspirational and heartwarming true story that was excellently told and acted.