The Blind Side (2009)Director: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw, Jae Head, Lilly Collins, Ray McKinnon, Kathy Bates
My third double up for the year is John Lee Hancock's The Blind Side. With her strong sense of social justice, this has fast become Kate's favourite film, so it was only a matter of time before she wanted to show it to the kids at the youth group she runs, and I help out with, at Turramurra.
Again, I don't want to repeat myself from last time but I will say that second time around I was just as impressed with Sandra Bullock's performance. It really was the performance of her career and a well deserved Oscar win. My main concern now is that she will go straight back to doing another All About Steve or The Proposal equivalent, where she plays a character she is about 5-10 years too old to be playing (what I like to call Cameron Diaz territory). Having seen this great performance, and not having the faith in Bullock's ability to maintain excellence the way someone like Meryl Streep does, I kind of never want to see her in anything again so that she will always remain Leigh Anne Tuohy. But hey, she might prove me wrong and this might be the career turning point for her. Who knows.
While it was probably a bit overrated as a whole this movie is incredibly uplifting, it will restore your faith in humanity (and in Sandra Bullock).
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