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The Blind Side
Based on the extraordinary true story
Based on the extraordinary true story
Drama - 2009
7.6
66%
53
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
Director:
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Details

Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
129 min
Release date:
20 Nov 2009
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$29,000,000
Revenue:
$309,208,309
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 30 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Ohera(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 wea(TM)re willing to be about how ita(TM)s told.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
24 Nov 2009
fresh:
However obvious, The Blind Side is touching -- despite its habit of dropping major character notes into the melody without warning.
– David Hiltbrand,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
24 Nov 2009
rotten:
Its superficiality keeps it from being the moving story it could have been.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
24 Nov 2009
rotten:
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.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
25 Mar 2010
rotten:
The movie is done with crispness, vigor, down-home humor, and an over-all tang of good feeling, but the pushing of buttons is the work of extraordinary calculation.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
24 Jan 2014
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