The recently released sports movie, The Blind Side, is an eye-opener and looks at how one person, and in this case, one family, can make a difference in an individual's life down on his luck.
It is a feel-good movie, and you'll leave the theater thinking better of your fellow man. Now, every time I tune into an NFL game involving the Baltimore Ravens, I won't be looking downfield to see the result of the play. Instead, I'll be back at the line, focusing on No. 74, Michael Oher, to see if the 6-4 309-pound tackle did his job.
For all you sports fans out there, it has been well publicized how Oher, a homeless teenager, was taken in by a well-to-do family, learned to play football at a Christian school, went on to star at Ole Miss and was drafted by the Ravens earlier this year and has now started in all 13 NFL games.
I doubt Blind Side will garner any Oscars unless Sandra Bullock can beat out Meryl Streep for the best actress hardware. Bullock is outstanding in her role as the matriarch of the white, well-to-do Tuohy family, who ropes in the homeless African-American teenager and changes his life forever.
As a side note, I'm becoming a Tim McGraw fan. Not because he's a heck of a country singer or for the fact, he's the husband of Faith Hill, but because he's not too bad on the silver screen. Although McGraw, who plays Leigh Anne Tuohy's husband in Blind Side, takes second billing to Bullock's performance, I noticed his soft-spoken, behind-the-scenes portrayal of the family's breadwinner. A few years back, McGraw played the opposite in his portrayal of Charles Billingsley, an alcoholic father, in the 2004 sports movie Friday Night Lights. Two different roles, but they were two outstanding performances. As for Blind Side, I'd give it a five-star ranking and put it among the decade's best sports movies.
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