There’s everything to like from this feel-good movie, knowing that there is still real example of genuinely good family adopting a poor and under-educated teenager and providing him with the unconditional love. Yes, I know, sounds too much cliche. But come on, stop the cynic there, being good doesn’t always involving cliche.
Teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is a homeless boy surviving on his own. Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) invites the boy to her family home, when she saw him walking in the cold wearing thin clothing. The Tuohy family then started to involve Michael on their family activities and soon enough he becomes part of them. Now that Michael is having a new home to live in and proper clothing to wear, the Tuohys move to help finding Michael’s potential both academically and in sports. Not only Michael’s life is changing, but the Tuohys also discover their true happiness.
As a fan of Sandra Bullock, it’s refreshing to watch her playing in a more serious role, less funky expressions, although here and there you can feel her as ‘the’ Sandra Bullock. Even in this movie, she’s still that daring, bubbly and no-nonsense individual. Somehow, I started to think her as the new Julia Roberts. The movie was based on Michael Lewis’s 2006 book, “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game”.
My rating: 4/6
