The Blind Side Reviews

It's certainly a heartwarming tale and Bullock delivers a big, ballsy performance as the indomitable Tuohy - but Oscar-worthy? What were they thinking?

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Serves its purpose by making the audience tear up in some moments and cheer in others. It's a total button-pusher, but it does so in a very good way.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Football may the thread that runs throughout, but the movie is much more interested in the tale of how Oher left behind a life of poverty, violence and foster-home despair to become a champ on the gridiron.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

A living tribute to fundamental Christian motivations, although the point is hammered home with an extraordinarily soft touch: Love thy neighbor.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

You're going to be crying by the end.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

The Blind Side, which has reportedly made close to 200 million dollars, is based on a true story (the operative word is "based," of course).

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Sing it together with me my brothers, thank the Lawd for he created the white man that he might teach them po' negroes the value of good Christian chariddy.

Full Review | Original Score: 0.5/5

While The Blind Side constantly threatens to deteriorate into sentimental saccharine, it never does. Bullock's accent grates at first, but she bonds well with McGraw

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The Blind Side's heart is in the right place--how could it not be, it's got so much to go around--but that's about all that is. There's a good story in there, one that's probably worth experiencing, but load up on insulin before you go.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

A nice-as-pie story that lacks any real tension or drama and threatens repeatedly to veer into sappy territory, yet somehow, just through foolhardy "goodness", manages to be consistently enjoyable (if a little slight) for its two hours.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Generally enjoyable, but it isn't until the credits roll that you'll realize what a major sentimental impact it has on you.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Although based in reality, John Lee Hancock's tale never seems more than just a more serious version of TV's Different Strokes or Webster.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

It often feels like a Republican curative for Precious.

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Sports movie carefully sidesteps the issue of race and stereotypes

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

Una cinta amena, sencilla de digerir y apta para toda la familia, una fábula de la vida real de las que pocas veces suceden y cuando lo hacen, son dignas de llevarlas a la pantalla.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

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Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

The Blind Side wears its heart on its shoulder padding for the entire 128 minutes and eventually, the wholesomeness of the characters, pulling together for a common cause, wins us over.

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Some will find it overly sentimental but it does succeed in pulling at the heartstrings - and Sandy proves she really can act.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

A Photoshopped image of reality that is bland, parochial, and stereotypically acted by a cast who have nothing like the subtlety and range of Trey Parker's puppets from Team America: World Police.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

Enjoyable, mass-market crowd pleaser that allowed Sandra Bullock to win an honorable Best Actress Oscar as the Republican spitfire who takes up the cause of a homeless teenager who just so happens to also be an outstanding left tackle.

Full Review | Original Score: 87/100