Delightful and Human

The Blindside is a film in which that highlights a family’s sense of compassion towards a homeless, deprived child. The main reason why the film was a big success is because of Sandra Bullock’s acting and presence as well the well written plot. It is hard to find many flaws with the film. However, even though this film was well made and is excellent there are key elements that prevent the film from becoming better and more fulfilling.

Sandra Bullock was excellent and she was able to portray the real life Leigh Anne Tuohy extremely well. Watch any interviews with Leigh Anne Tuohy and the movie to compare both. They are nearly identical. Truly, without Sandra Bullock this film would lose its significance and its overall “pull.” Bullock exhibits a rich personality that has the best of Southern hospitality and sass, but without the racist ideologies. Bullock also has a great film presence that manages to shadow her colleagues’ presence in the film. She is truly one of the key reasons of the films success.

Despite Sandra Bullock’s onscreen talent viewed in the film, one fails to be significantly impacted by the any of the other actors. The rest of the actors are relatively unknown besides the talented Kathy Bates, and their own screen responsibilities in kept at a minimum. Enough for the audience not to question their lack of screen time, but not enough time for the audience to fully appreciate the actors. This might have been done to cover the actors’ terrible acting or to put emphasis solely on the relationship between Leigh Anne Tuohy and Big Mike. “Hiding” the actors terrible acting is a brilliant maneuver of the director, and the sole emphasis on the relationship is a wrong plot move. In both cases, it hurts the movie’s message, makes the audience have a less then accurate description of the Tuohy family, and leaves the audience loving Leigh Anne Tuohy only.

The plot was excellent and appealed to many audiences. The sense of compassion displayed by a richer family towards a poor black child appeals to all. However, the fact that no negative light was cast on the family and lack of substantial conflict makes the ending of the movie lacking significantly.

The movie was good, but certain key elements prevented it from being superb.