The Blind Side

The Blind Side (2009)

  • 66% of critics liked it
    (192 reviews)

  • 90% of users liked it
    (321,095 ratings)

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… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
John Lee Hancock
Genres
Drama, Sports & Fitness, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 20, 2009 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Trevor Johnston, Time Out

    Quite how Sandra Bullock deserved an Oscar for her one-note turn as bleached supermum Leigh-Anne is a mystery, since it transforms a potentially worthwhile character study into a grandstanding star vehicle.

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

    Its superficiality keeps it from being the moving story it could have been.

  • David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer

    However obvious, The Blind Side is touching -- despite its habit of dropping major character notes into the melody without warning.

  • Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

    Oherâ(TM)s life is meant to make us feel good, and it mostly does. But how good we feel about his story is proportional to how blind weâ(TM)re willing to be about how itâ(TM)s told.

  • Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

    Writer-director John Lee Hancock has turned Oher's remarkable life into a Hollywood fable that trades difficult truths for easy clichés.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Matthew Samuel M


    Sandra Bullock does give a great performance, and the story is a great one. But the film overall is rather weak, especially due to less-than-stellar performances from Bullock's costars.

  • Anthony L


    White people helping Black people, is there anything more beautiful than that? Only one country in the world still makes offensive out of date films like this and doesn't see how wrong it is. Sure it is based on a true story but I can't help but think we're not told the… More

  • Dean !


    A great heartfelt feel-good film based on a true story. Great performances from the lead character and Sandra Bullock adds a touch of charm to her role. Plenty of fun light-hearted moments along the way. A story that will keep your interest to the very end. Nice touch to see the… More

  • Daniel P


    About as cliché as they come, but an enjoyable film none the less. To watch Sandra Bullock's Oscar-winning performance before her husband self-destructed (and nearly took Sandra down with him) must have been very different than it is to watch it afterward; and I think, even… More

  • Tyler C


    Sandra Bullock's great, but the Hallmark card cliches continuously pile upon each other which get very repetitive and annoying.

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