The Blind Side

Plot: True story of a wealthy, white Tennessee family taking in and adopting a poor African American teenager who eventually gets drafted into the NFL. True story of Michael Oher.

Starring: Oscar winner Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Ray McKinnon, Kim Dickens, Oscar winner Kathy Bates.

Review: A unique sports film told from the point of view of a woman, the adopted mother of Michael Oher. This is a great family film, but I still don't understand the Oscar win. It was nominated for Best Picture. Why? It was certainly above average and unique in terms of narration for a sports film, but it wasn't Oscar worthy. There is only one reason Sandra Bullock won Best Actress. She'll never be nominated again. She just doesn't pick roles that challenge herself enough to be nominated. She was good in this role, but she wasn't exceptional. She didn't do anything different than what I've seen her do in plenty other movies, including Hope Floats. The role where she really stood out was her role in Crash. Carey Mulligan of An Education got robbed. Now that I got that out of my system, I will step off my soap box and get back to the review at hand. Oh, never mind. There's really nothing more to say. It was happy, moral, and touching. It wasn't artful or that original, but it was a solid blockbuster film and an above average sport's film. Definitely give it a look. I do recommend it. I might watch it again. We own it now because my husband really liked it. It was good, but I'm not standing up about to do a wave for it.

Awards:

Academy Awards, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2010	Won	Oscar	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Sandra Bullock
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Motion Picture of the Year Gil Netter Andrew A. Kosove Broderick Johnson

Image Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2010	Nominated	Image Award	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Quinton Aaron
			Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Sandra Bullock
			Outstanding Motion Picture
			Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Theatrical or Television) John Lee Hancock

Rating: Writing-B

Acting-B

Directing-B

Music-B

Cinematography-B

Editing-A

Costumes-A

Art Direction-A

Hair-A

Makeup-B

Visual Effects-B

**1/2 Stars