{"id":5253,"date":"2017-01-02T17:22:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T22:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5253"},"modified":"2023-12-28T18:14:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T23:14:52","slug":"the-blind-side-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5253","title":{"rendered":"The Blind Side-2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Blind Side-2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director John Lee Hancock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Sandra Bullock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #580<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/70119811.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5254\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/70119811-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/70119811-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/70119811.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed January 2, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blind Side is a 2009 film that garnered huge buzz and accolades largely based on rave reviews for Sandra Bullock&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n<p>Bullock subsequently went on to win an Academy Award for the role (I would have awarded any of the other four nominees instead).<\/p>\n<p>The story is surmised as a rich, white couple from the suburbs &#8220;rescues&#8221; a poor black football player and gives him a decent life that he otherwise would not have been able to have.<\/p>\n<p>I was impressed with Bullock&#8217;s performance, but I left the theater a little disappointed. I know this is supposedly a true story, but do we need yet another movie about a poor black kid being &#8220;rescued&#8221; by rich, white people?<\/p>\n<p>Think Finding Forester from 2000.<\/p>\n<p>This film is riddled with the typical stereotypes (rednecks, racist friends, political\/religious views) that seem a bit overdone.<\/p>\n<p>Disturbing to me are people who think The Blind Side is the best film in decades- no- it is not.<\/p>\n<p>It is a feel-good, warm, fairy tale sort of movie, that, besides Bullock&#8217;s performance, seems rather ordinary.<\/p>\n<p>I was expecting a bit more substance due to the success of the movie and would recommend this as a rental only for anyone who aspires to watch all of the Oscar-nominated features.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations: 1 win-<\/strong>Best Picture, Best Actress-Sandra Bullock\u00a0<strong>(won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blind Side-2009 Director John Lee Hancock Starring Sandra Bullock Scott&#8217;s Review #580 Reviewed January 2, 2017 Grade: B- The Blind Side is a 2009 film that garnered huge buzz and accolades largely based on rave reviews for Sandra Bullock&#8217;s performance. Bullock subsequently went on to win an Academy Award for the role (I would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5253\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Blind Side-2009<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[308,192,2842,1977,2845,2844,2430,209,2843],"tags":[309,193,2846,1981,2849,2848,2438,210,2847],"class_list":["post-5253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2009-movie-reviews","category-dramas","category-john-lee-hancock","category-kathy-bates","category-lily-collins","category-quinton-aaron","category-sandra-bullock","category-sports-films","category-tim-mcgraw","tag-2009-movie-reviews","tag-dramas-2","tag-john-lee-hancock","tag-kathy-bates","tag-lily-collins","tag-quinton-aaron","tag-sandra-bullock","tag-sports-films","tag-tim-mcgraw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5253"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19730,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5253\/revisions\/19730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}