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The Blind Side (2009) or, Good Knows No Boundaries



Sandra Bullock and Quinton Aaron with their backs turned to us on the green for John Lee Hancock's The Blind Side

QUICK REVIEW:

Against all odds, (as I am no biggie for sports pictures), I enjoyed this semi-biographical story about a young, black, troubled kid, who is taken under the wing of a do-good Tennessee housewife with good money, - and good values.
Blind Side always chooses the saccharine angle, which seems almost exotic for me, - being not only European, but Scandinavian at that, - but with a fabulous Sandra Bullock (Miss Congeniality (2000)), - in her first Oscar-winning part, (the film's only Oscar), - along with Kathy Bates (Six Feet Under (2003-05)) it almost all went down without problems.
The film is directed by Texan John Lee Hancock, who enjoyed (somewhat lesser) success last year with the behind-Mary Poppins-movie Saving Mr. Banks (2013).
Hugely successful, and an edifying film about individual charity against cultural and racial borders, - The Blind Side is a good movie.

Sandra Bullock lays it down in one of her power-moments in John Lee Hancock's beloved The Blind Side

 Watch the moving film's moving trailer here

Budget: 29 mil. $
Box office: 309.2 mil. $ (+ 107.9 mil. $ in DVD sales)
= Huge hit

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Did you see John Lee Hancock's other films?
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