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Blind Side
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Based on 28 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by:
John Lee Hancock
Michael Lewis (book)
Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 20, 2009
DVD: March 23, 2010
Running Time: 126 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references
Starring Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Kathy Bates, Quinton Aaron, Lily Collins, and Jae Head
Teenager Michael Oher is surviving on his own, virtually homeless, when he is spotted on the street by Leigh Anne Tuohy. Learning that the young man is one of her daughter's classmates, Leigh Anne insists that Michael--wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter--come out of the cold. Without a moment's hesitation, she invites him to stay at the Tuohy home for the night. What starts out as a gesture of kindness turns into something more as Michael becomes part of the Tuohy family despite the differences in their backgrounds. (Warner Bros.)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
New York Post Lou Lumenick
What makes The Blind Side a Thanksgiving treat is director Hancock's subtle touch and admirable refusal to yield to sports movie clichés, something he did previously with "The Rookie" and "Remember the Titans."
Read Full Review >New Orleans Times-Picayune Mike Scott
One of the reasons it's so effective is because it's based on a real-life, odds-defying story: that of mountainous Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher (played by Quinton Aaron).
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
Without restraint or subtlety, but with a lot of heart and energy, this movie tells a real-life tall tale.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer
Best performance, minute for minute, comes from Adriane Lenox, whose cameo as Michael's drug-addled mother is the film's standout.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Ann Hornaday
Grounded in the direct, disarming truth of their experience, the movie has a straightforward lack of cheap sentiment that saves it from being either too maudlin or saccharine-sweet.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
In a head-to-head comparison, one would be hard-pressed not to declare that "Precious" is the better film - it makes fewer compromises and doesn't shy from showing the true ugliness only hinted at in this movie, but The Blind Side is more accessible. It's easier to digest. In the end, both films tell stories of triumph over adversity - a category of drama that uplifts while offering a dollop of social commentary.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
Bullock is an irrepressible hoot in writer-director John Lee Hancock's otherwise thoroughly conventional take on Michael Lewis' fact-based book "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game."
Read Full Review >Variety Joe Leydon
Uplifting and entertaining feel-good, fact-based sports drama.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
The story is inspiring and involves sports, but to call it an inspirational sports story would be wrong; its real center is Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock in a fine performance), the strong-willed woman whose love and generosity helped turn a mute, hopeless boy with no social or academic skills into a functioning young man with a promising future.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Betsy Sharkey
Wisely, Hancock has given the film as much humor as heart.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones
It’s not an altogether convincing portrait, but it is an entertaining, even moving one, and the forcefulness of Bullock's presence goes a long way in pulling the film back from the brink of cuddliness.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Bullock’s levelheaded acting frequently saves the movie from emotional garishness.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand
An engaging if transparent tearjerker of the first water.
Read Full Review >St. Louis Post-Dispatch Joe Williams
Michael as a character is defined almost solely by his helplessness and gratitude. He's as lovable as a lost puppy, but a more perceptive movie than The Blind Side would have let us see him from another angle.
Read Full Review >Slate Dana Stevens
For all The Blind Side's flaws, it's impossible not to get caught up in Michael Oher's life.
Read Full Review >NPR Bob Mondello
Unlike the tale told in "Precious", however, The Blind Side's story is contrived, storybook sweet, credulity-straining and ... um, true.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Never dull, but it's rarely more than gently entertaining.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Stephen Cole
A football story that deserves a penalty flag every other play for piling on the sentiment.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips
Veers perilously close to the concept of poverty tourism.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
A feel-good movie that never stops feeling good. The film is based on a true story (it was adapted from a nonfiction best-seller by Michael Lewis), but you never feel that Hancock has honestly captured what's true about it.
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
The film, not unsurprisingly for a holiday- (and football-) season release from a major Hollywood studio, plays this story straight down the middle, shedding nuance and complication in favor of maximum uplift.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
It's fair to say that Bullock's appealing portrait of a strong-willed Tennessee belle ranks among the best work of her career. It's just too bad the movie around her comes up short.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian Marc Mohan
A facile, feel-good fable that substitutes cliché for reality at nearly every turn.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Sports movies have a long, troubled history of well-meaning white paternalism, with poor black athletes finding success through white charity. But The Blind Side, based on Michael Lewis’ non-fiction book, finds a new low.
Read Full Review >Time Out New York David Fear
It’s just blinkered middle-class pandering at its most shameless.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Melissa Anderson
Blind Side the movie peddles the most insidious kind of racism, one in which whiteys are virtuous saviors, coming to the rescue of African-Americans who become superfluous in narratives that are supposed to be about them.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 119 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Bruce N. gave it a5:
It might have been a "true" story but I felt uneasy all through the flik, and I was glad when they were investigated. I wanted to investigate them but then I remembered this is a movie. If you don't live in the south and you have never been around zealous boosters and you never been exposed to sheltered/gated-wealthy-I-wanna-help-the-poor you probably did have a feel good experience. (I imagine the family had such a feel good experience they have adopted a tight end and guard by now) I'm sorry the answer he gave to the investigator, and Bullock's enlightening drivebys on the side of town she'd never been to, and their poor boy walking in the rain come home with us beginning - just didn't work for me. But if you are right I hope this movie empties our foster homes - still a silly story. And I don't want to shock anyone but if they say it is based on a true story it doesn't mean that it is all or even mostly true.
John M. gave it a7:
An enjoyable light story with great acting by Sandra Bullock.
Steven V gave it a0:
The Blind Side... what to say? I wouldve rated it a 5 if it wasn't so overrated. Sandra Bullock was the best part of this movie and her acting would still only get a 7 from me. But my friends and family all frickin loved it and think Im crazy. And an oscar nom? that sealed the deal for me to give it a 0.
Jon W gave it a9:
I love this comment - "This movie is despicable." Excuse me it's a TRUE story bozo. Like it actually happened, like the "racist" family actually helped a black kid and now he's star. Great film. Very uplifting.
Mike M gave it a9:
Critics who downgraded this movie(based on a true story) simply do not like feel good movies,=. I guess they just want lots of action with no base for the plots.These critics need to give up this profession because they are unqualified to rate anything. Movie was very good. Sandrs Bullock was bsolutely fantastic ant the supporting cast was also.I am glan I don't pay ant attention to these so called critics. If I did,I surely would miss some good and entertaining movies. The box office doesn't lie. Just look at the numbers idiots!
Shane S. gave it a10:
Sandra Bullock is absolutely fantastic! Why? Because she's so believable in her role; most of the time a big name actor gets in the way of their own character because all the audience recognizes is the face. In "The Blind Side" Sandra pretty much disappears into her character of Mrs. Tuohy, which allows the movie itself to have a life of it's own as it's big name actor is replaced by a charismatic southern mom. Yes, Mrs. Tuohy does drive the movie, yet she is not too overpowering to where the other characters are drowned out. Michael and the rest of the Tuohy's act superbly within their roles; the scenes with the smallest Tuohy (SJ) and Michael are very humorous and impactful when they need to be. They really portray a good brother to brother relationship. The movie as a whole is more of a drama than a sports film, about the power of family and what it means to challenge yourself: if that means going out of your way to help another, pushing yourself to achieve what you once thought impossible or looking inwardly to see if you really are the person you want to be. Fantastic performance by Sandra, the story is told wonderfully with enough humor to balance the sometimes dramatic or intense turns. Overall a grand accomplishment for feel good cinama! And a final comment: for all the people that seem to think the movie is about a poor black child helped out by the more privileged white angels, I think you are projecting your own prejudice onto a film that clearly does not have that kind of message in mind. Point in fact: I doubt the Golden Globes would recognize an actress for her role in a obviously racist picture if that were the case at all. (Hope Sandra gets the Academy's recognition also, she, and the film, deserve it!).
John G. gave it a9:
Wonderfully told tale full of hope, breaking many prejudices and Bullock is simply brilliant. An Oscar winning display.
