Norma Rae, Erin Brockovich, Leigh Anne Touhy

Rating: 2/10 (19 January 2010)

Appalling Best Picture nominee is a combination After School Special and Hallmark Presentation. The Blind Side is based on a tried and true Hollywood formula and is not remotely convincing. Bullock's Leigh Anne, like Norma and Erin, is a feisty Southerner who succeeds with spunk and one-liners, and like Sally Field and Julia Roberts, Bullock won an Oscar;undeserved IMHO, she's perfunctory, the role is a series of quips, and Leigh Anne is less interesting and detailed than either Norma Rae or Erin Brockovich. It's a feel good film, and of course it's satisfying to watch the indomitable Leigh Anne go toe-to-toe with bureaucrats, dubious friends, coaches and homeboys from the projects. Her weapon:zingers. The film is painless at first but it soon lags becomes ridiculous and finally a series smirks from the annoying SJ. Typically, the car accident involving SJ and Big Mike like much of the film is seen coming and like all situations in the film it turns out miraculously well. Bullock's Golden Globe win was in the drama category, but her performance is largely comedic.