The Blind Side (2009)

Rating: 6/10 (22 January 2012)

Seeing this after the immense box office and ridiculous Oscar whispers, it's impossible to avoid how overrated it is. This in no way puts the film down. In hard economic times this is the perfect film. It's feel good, has a message about helping people, and has somebody taking on all of life's hardships and coming out on tops. On top of that, Bullock is well cast as a sassy, touch, but still motherly figure. It has bits of humour and plenty of places for emotion. It is aimed at the widest audience possible, which gets in the way of some of the more interesting/ambiguous issues, and there is a sickly "hooray for white people" vibe at times, but if it's well made, solid entertainment you are after, you could do a lot worse.