Blindsided

Rating: 9/10 (28 January 2014)

This film was a huge and pleasant surprise for me to see, and I'm sorry I didn't see it in 2012 when it had originally come out. The critical reviews were good but not great, and when there's so much out there, you try to make the best choices you can on the information that you have.
I didn't see the surprise end coming at all. It really blew me away. Emma Watson was also extremely compelling and charismatic in this film. And while of course there were a few lines spoken by high school students in the film that were a little too mature/clever for their ages, it doesn't go overboard like in Juno or Brick, and of course movies are made to entertain.
I really thought they "got" a lot of what high school was about and being that age. It's been awhile since I graduated from there, and I still thought it was great, so I feel confident saying this movie has the potential to please just about any age group.