A Drama with a Passion in a Soul Never Seen

Rating: 9/10 (4 July 2010)

Going into this moderate expectations, I came out astonished. The Blind Side is more than a documentary. But a tear-jerking true story of now Baltimore Raven's player Michael Oher. How a nice family takes in a poor, homeless kid who is nearly starving. And how a homeless boy's life is now an inspiring football player in the NFL.
I'm not into football too much. I'm a Bears fan seeing as I settle in Illinois. I occasionally watch their games, though with disappointing years occurring frequently I found myself skipping most of this season.
In The Blind Side, Sandra Bullock is a typical mother living in Tennessee with a husband, a teenage daughter named Collins, a younger son named SJ, and soon to be, adopted eighteen-year-old Michael Oher. Oher was taken from his mother at a young age after she was on a drug arrest and his dad was killed and thrown off of a bridge. Michael Oher goes to live with the family, showing beautiful manners (like eating at the table when everyone eats in the living room) and other acts.
Oher often flashes back to when he was evicted from his home. When that happens, he closes his eyes because when his mom would do drugs that is what she would tell him to do. Bullock tries to help him get his life back on track, when she learns that Michael has a talent in protection. Seeing that, Bullock persuades him to go out for football as a defense player.
Lots of sad moments and reflections take place in this movie. The dark satire for the film works well and flows along with the movie. Sandra Bullock deserves an Academy Award for Best Dama (which I believe she is nominated for anyway). I didn't know what to expect with this. Bullock has done good things and bad things. But this will go down has one of her best.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, and Kathy Bates. Directed by: John Lee Hancock.