Luke HickmanThe Reel take
A long, jumbled mess of a feel-good true story
The first trailer I saw for The Blind Side made
it look like a serious drama with a heart about a woman who took in a
homeless teen and taught him to be good at something he liked. The
second trailer made it look like a comedic sports movie, playing circus
music and slide whistles in the background. In reality, The Blind Side is a conflicted mix of both – two things that don’t blend well together in this case.
The Blind Side’s first half focuses on the homeless teenage character Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron,