The Blind Side [Blu-ray]

The Blind Side [Blu-ray] Review

I don't want to appear snarky but "The Blind Side" is not what I would call a great movie. Where it excels is in audience manipulation. Emotion runs so high here that you forget you're watching a first-class sports weepie. This ranks with "Miracle", "Rocky", and "The Rookie" in the annals of sports films that tug at your heart strings. The film is anchored by the terrific dynamic of Sandra Bullock and Quinton Aaron as the surrogate mother and her large but fragile adopted son. One thing I would like to note. I was gratified to see Bullock win the Oscar but if you isolated this specific performance I would probably have given the prize to either Gabourey Sidibe for "Precious" or Carey Mulligan in "An Education". "The Blind Side" is the type of film that is best to be enjoyed and brush aside any minor quibbles.

The Blind Side [Blu-ray] Overview

Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) knows little about family. Less about football. What the homeless teen knows are the streets and projects of Memphis. Well-to-do Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) knows little about his world. Yet when she and Michael meet, he's found a home. And the Tuohys have found something just as life-changing: a beloved new son and brother. This real-life story of family and of Michael's growth into a blue-chip football star will have you cheering with its mix of gridiron action and heartwarming emotion. Share the remarkable journey of the college All-American and first-round NFL draft pick who was a winner before he ever stepped onto the playing field.

The Blind Side [Blu-ray] Specifications

The Blind Side takes the true story of a young man who went from abandonment to success as a pro-football player and treats it with respect. The movie doesn't oversell what is, on the face of it, already compelling. It's almost impossible to describe the plot without sounding painfully inspirational: Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron, Be Kind Rewind), a hulking but gentle African-American teen in Tennessee, gets taken in by a well-to-do white family; the mother, Leigh Anne Touhy (Sandra Bullock), pushes and mothers the boy, who eventually wins a football scholarship to the University of Mississippi. In the wrong hands, this could have been maudlin, manipulative, and condescending. To the credit of writer-director John Lee Hancock, adapting Michael Lewis's acclaimed book, the result is intelligent, genuine, and alternately funny and moving. Leigh Anne could easily have been grandstanding and virtuous, but Bullock doesn't shy away from her vain and domineering side. The football scenes will be gripping even to non-sports fans because they've been so successfully grounded in Michael's emotional life. The all-around solid cast includes country music star Tim McGraw, pint-sized Jae Head (Hancock), and Kathy Bates as the tutor who guided Michael's academic success. Don't be surprised if you can't keep yourself from watching all the real-life photos of Michael, Leigh Anne, and the rest of the family that are featured in the credits; by the end of the movie, you will care about them all. --Bret Fetzer

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