Movie review – The Blind Side (2009)
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For a while there, I was pretty hesitant to see this movie for a number of reasons. Not only was this the mandatory annual feel-good sports movie of '09 (and it's been a while since one of those has been good), but I couldn't freakin' believe that Sandra Bullock the girl who got famous for driving a bus with Keanu for two hours had nabbed an Oscar nomination for this. In retrospect, it was more just a sense of disbelief that this could in fact be better than my preconceived notions of it that stopped me from seeing it, and even though I hate that quality about my movie-going self, such was the case.
But then Sandra gave her Razzies acceptance speech, then I realized that she's actually pretty awesome, then she won the Oscar, then I realized she was even more awesome, and the rest is history.
And even though this is the mandatory feel-good sports movie of '09, Sandra's the reason this movie works. Leigh Anne is a great character and whether she's telling off gang members or telling off folks at the DMV or telling off football coaches, Bullock is all-business in the role. Sometimes it gets to be a little much when she keeps on jumping into scenes and sassing folks left and right with that Southern twang of hers, but for the most part she had me thinking, "Wow. The Academy wasn't kidding." I still find it somewhat strange that the movie ends up being more about her than Michael, but what can you do when your lead actress steals the show.
But like I said, you take a look at that poster, see the football uniform, the pat on the back and that it's "BASED ON THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY" and you know what you're getting into. The downside to the equation being a formulaic plot, super-sappy dialogue at times, heartstrings a-pullin' and director John Lee Hancock filming it all like he was phoning it in, and that definitely takes away from the experience. It's expected, it's predictable, but hey, sometimes it's good to go predictable.
In a nutshell, The Blind Side is a nice movie about why it pays to be a good samaritan, and the story of Michael Oher is an inspiring one, but this is Sandra's show all the way. As much as I thought Gabby Sidibe was the bomb in Precious, Sandra's apparently no joke and I'm glad I finally wised up and got around to seeing what all the hype was about even if the sum doesn't quite measure up to its parts.
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