The Blind Side (2009)
Sandra Bullock wins an Oscar for her role in this sports movie based on the story of real life NFL player Michael Oher. A boy in his late teens from an impoverished back ground is adopted by a rich family and makes his way as American football player at a private Christian school.
As a cynic you could say this is exactly the sort of film that the Academy loves to give people Oscars for, over coming hardship and life affirming happy endings. This film is like the American fast food of cinema, you have seen this type of thing before and know what is going to happen but it is well made and is something of a guilty pleasure. It does seem that some liberties have been taken with the plot and the film provides no real answers to the questions posed on how to help impoverished youth in general.
4/5 the usual feel good cheese from Hollywood.
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