
Overview
THE ROOKIE director John Lee Hancock brings another inspirational, true story to the screen with this football drama. Young Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) has lived a difficult life on the streets, but his luck changes when a rich couple (played by Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw) welcomes him into their home. Michael is given the chance to succeed, and his talent at football earns him the honor of All-American offensive left tackle. Co-starring Kathy Bates, this film is based on Michael Lewis’s book THE BLIND SIDE: EVOLUTION OF A GAME.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
John Lee Hancock - Director
Sandra Bullock
Tim McGraw
Quinton Aaron
Jae Head
Lily Collins
Andrew Stahl
Andy Stahl
Brian Hollan
Catherine Dyer
IronE Singleton
Details
- Format: Blu-ray (Digipack Packaging, Digital Theater System, AC-3, Dolby, Widescreen)
- Run Time: 128
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 883929087105
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
- Release Date: March 2010
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"[Bullock is] an irrepressible hoot....[She] goes the distance as an unstoppable, well-coiffed, force of determination." - 11/15/2009 Hollywood Reporter
"[An] uplifting and entertaining feel-good, fact-based sports drama....Bullock is thoroughly convincing in the role..." - 11/15/2009 Variety
4 stars out of 5 -- "With a career-best performance by Sandra Bullock and a terrific new talent in Quinton Aaron....A compelling portrait of an unlikely bond between two people from opposite sides of the tracks." - 11/15/2009 Box Office
"Grounded in the direct, disarming truth of their experience, the movie has a straightforward lack of cheap sentiment that saves it from being either too maudlin or saccharine-sweet." - 11/20/2009 Washington Post
"[T]his is Bullock's movie. She is Leigh Anne to such a degree you forget you're watching one of the best-known actresses around." - 11/20/2009 Los Angeles Times
3 stars out of 5 -- "THE SPEED star is certainly as good as she's ever been as the steely Southern Christian who turns Michael's life around..." - 02/25/2010 Total Film
3 stars out of 5 -- "Bullock delivers a towering performance that grabs the movie and the Oscar race by the scruff of the neck." - 03/26/2010 Empire