Feel good

Rating: 7/10 (24 July 2010)

You don't have to be a football fan to enjoy this story of helping others. Its competent for what it is.
Bullock is good. She does not overact. Lucky it wasn't a heavy competition year or she might not have won for this role which didn't require that much acting.
The movie avoids sentimentality. The only thing is the saintliness of Leigh Ann and her family is almost hard to swallow. Maybe it should have shown some more of the difficulties of the family's acceptance of the adoption to be more balanced.
The actor who plays Michael seems a bit impassive. I guess it was deliberate.
Worth watching once.