Review of The Blind Side (2009) by Jose Luis M — 17 Jan 2015

It is a bit of a salty shmalty manipulative movie. It will make you cry but will kick you in the shin to do it. It was contrived in spirit a little. This is a true story about an African American homeless inner-city kid who gets adopted by this affluent white family.

Sandra Bullock essentially takes Michael under her wing and puts her stewardship into practice. She gives an outstanding performance aside from the forced dodgy accent. It is what fuels the movie and guides it in the right direction, even though even she loses footing once or twice.

She's still got the chops though, with that dash of Sandra corniness. She does incorporate a spattled method to her madness like none other. Also I love the little brother, S.J., and his storyline.

It really attributes to the ethic of the movie. Him and Michael are like Mutt and Jeff. I firmly believe this movie did get lost in the mix of its time period. Looking back, I was considerably surprised that there was no awards contention or at least more buzz about the acting guild.

The cast was inspirationally good. Team Ward. The source material was so rich in fiber that the movie kinda wrote itself though actually, and really despite the cast the movie had no outside influence.

I relent on whether it gave the story actual justification. A lot of this seems like a cram cram cram directorial technique. Like he had too much to do and not enough time to do it. Everything felt rushed, yet somehow felt too long.