- Taken in by a well-to-do family and offered a second chance at life, a homeless teen grows to become the star athlete projected to be the first pick at the NFL draft in this sports-themed comedy drama inspired by author Michael Lewis' best-seller The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. Michael Oher was living on the streets when he was welcomed into the home of a conservative suburban family, but over time he matured into a talented athlete. As the NFL draft approaches, fans and sports radio personalities alike speculate that Oher will be the hottest pick of the year. Sandra Bullock stars in a film written and directed by John Lee Hancock (The Rookie, The Alamo). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Disc #1 -- Blind Side
1. Ideal Left Tackle [5:42]
2. Christian Thing [3:29]
3. White Walls [5:28]
4. Family News [3:55]
5. Just for One Night [5:46]
6. Thanksgiving Table [4:15]
7. Homeless [3:55]
8. Leigh Anne's Project [4:11]
9. Never Had One Before [3:00]
10. Marcus and Ferdinand [6:11]
11. Comfort Levels [5:01]
12. Personal Thing [3:39]
13. Becoming Legal [4:32]
14. Mrs. Oher [2:39]
15. Armed for an Accident [1:00]
16. Protect the Family [5:33]
17. So Many Rednecks [4:25]
18. I Got Your Back [4:49]
19. I Want Him Bad [4:59]
20. Miss Sue and A Coaching Slew [3:37]
21. The Decision [1:19]
22. Something to Write About [6:02]
23. Graduation Day [3:15]
24. Don't You Dare Lie [4:38]
25. Protect Mode [1:26]
26. Where My Family Goes [5:00]
27. Thank God and LT [5:30]
28. Epilogue and End Credits [5:20]
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Directors
John Lee Hancock
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Producers
Gil Netter
Broderick Johnson
Andrew Kosove
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Composers (Music Score)
Carter Burwell
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Co-Producers
K.C. Hodenfield
Steven P. Wegner
Yolanda Cochran
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Editors
Mark Livolsi
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Screen Writers
John Lee Hancock
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Art Director - Thomas Minton
Book Author - Michael Lewis
Casting - Ronna Kress
Cinematographer - Alar Kivilo
Composer (Music Score) - Carter Burwell
Costume Designer - Daniel Orlandi
Department Head Hair - Taylor Knight
Department Head Makeup - Sarah Mays
Executive Producer - Erwin Stoff
Executive Producer - Timothy M. Bourne
Executive Producer - Molly Smith
First Assistant Director - K.C. Hodenfield
Hair Styles - Janine Rath Thompson
Hair Styles - Patricia Androff
Hair Styles - Joani Yarborough
Key Hairstylist - Roxy Hodenfield
Key Make-up - Susan Ransom
Makeup - Pamela Westmore
Musical Direction/Supervision - Julia Michels
Post Production Supervisor - Brad Arensman
Production Designer - Michael Corenblith
Properties Master - Philip G. Schneider
Script Supervisor - Gail Hunter
Second Assistant Director - Karen Davis
Set Decorator - Susan Benjamin
Stunts Coordinator - Lonnie Smith
Supervising Sound Editor - Jon Johnson
Unit Production Manager - Carl Clifford
Based on the remarkable true story of Michael Oher, as chronicled by
Michael Lewis in his nonfiction book of the same name,
John Lee Hancock's
The Blind Side offers an overly familiar formula delivered with a commendably restrained amount of melodrama.
Memphis businesswoman and housewife Leigh Anne Tuohy (
Sandra Bullock) gets what she wants in life through sheer force of will. Her children attend a ritzy private school, and when the higher-ups there admit Michael Oher (
Quinton Aaron), a disadvantaged African-American kid, because the football coach wants him to play for the school, Leigh Anne focuses all of her considerable energy on giving the boy the kind of loving and stable environment he's never had. Eventually, he grows close to Leigh Anne, her husband (
Tim McGraw), teen daughter, Collins, and cloyingly precocious young son, S.J. Michael works hard to get his grades high enough to play, develops skills as a left tackle, and starts getting letters of interest from big-time college programs. But problems arise when influences from Michael's past come back into his life, and when the NCAA worries that the Tuohys might be unethically pushing Michael toward attending their alma mater.
The Blind Side is decidedly square. Its uplifting message and thoroughly unashamedly folksy qualities make it a feel-good, three-hanky, you-go-girl, wind-beneath-my-wings piece of sappy inspirationalism. But, it does have some persuasive things in its favor. First of all, it gets football right -- those who know nothing about the game will actually learn a little about what an offensive lineman does and how he does it. Secondly, it's not aggressive in its middlebrowness; the film -- like
Hancock's previous sports movie,
The Rookie -- has a light touch, best exemplified in
Tim McGraw's charmingly laid-back performance as Sean Tuohy, a man unfazed and thoroughly charmed by his outspoken Type-A wife.
And let's be clear that this is a
Sandra Bullock film through and through. She's essentially playing a less sexually brazen Erin Brockovich -- a no-nonsense Southern girl who fights for what's right, for herself and for her family. It's not a part that requires much depth, but
Bullock fills it with her usual charm, and her core audience will undoubtedly laugh and cry along as Leigh Anne stands up to coaches, gang-bangers, and administrators who stand in her and Michael's way.
The movie is very familiar -- you've seen it all before -- but it succeeds at achieving its modest goals. It's cinematic comfort food that could have been called "Chicken Soup for the Football Lover's Soul." ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Sandra Bullock : Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 2009
- Sandra Bullock : Best Actress - Screen Actors Guild, 2009
- Sandra Bullock : Best Actress - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 2009
