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The Blind Side

  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • 2h 9m
IMDb RATING
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Sandra Bullock and Quinton Aaron in The Blind Side (2009)
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The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

  • Director
    • John Lee Hancock
  • Writers
    • John Lee Hancock
    • Michael Lewis
  • Stars
    • Quinton Aaron
    • Sandra Bullock
    • Tim McGraw
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    345K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    961
    273
    • Director
      • John Lee Hancock
    • Writers
      • John Lee Hancock
      • Michael Lewis
    • Stars
      • Quinton Aaron
      • Sandra Bullock
      • Tim McGraw
    • 599User reviews
    • 270Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 9 wins & 30 nominations total

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    Quinton Aaron
    Quinton Aaron
    • Michael Oher
    Sandra Bullock
    Sandra Bullock
    • Leigh Anne Tuohy
    Tim McGraw
    Tim McGraw
    • Sean Tuohy
    Jae Head
    Jae Head
    • S.J. Tuohy
    Lily Collins
    Lily Collins
    • Collins Tuohy
    Ray McKinnon
    Ray McKinnon
    • Coach Cotton
    Kim Dickens
    Kim Dickens
    • Mrs. Boswell
    Adriane Lenox
    Adriane Lenox
    • Denise Oher
    Kathy Bates
    Kathy Bates
    • Miss Sue
    Catherine Dyer
    Catherine Dyer
    • Mrs. Smith
    Andy Stahl
    Andy Stahl
    • Principal Sandstrom
    Tom Nowicki
    Tom Nowicki
    • Literature Teacher
    Libby Whittemore
    Libby Whittemore
    • Sarcastic Teacher
    Brian Hollan
    • Jay Collis
    Melody Weintraub
    Melody Weintraub
    • History Teacher
    Sharon Conley
    Sharon Conley
    • Investigator Granger
    • (as a different name)
    Omar J. Dorsey
    Omar J. Dorsey
    • 'Big Tony' Hamilton
    • (as Omar Dorsey)
    Paul Amadi
    • Steven Hamilton
    • Director
      • John Lee Hancock
    • Writers
      • John Lee Hancock
      • Michael Lewis
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Collins Tuohy, an A student, rearranged her schedules, and dropped out of several advanced placement classes, to share more classes with Michael Oher and help him graduate.
    • Goofs
      After they make the U-turn to pick up Michael, Sean asks, "Where to?" Leigh Anne points straight-ahead and says, "home". Home would have been behind them; they would have had to make another U-turn.
    • Quotes

      Michael Oher: Courage is a hard thing to figure. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or mistake, but you're not supposed to question adults, or your coach or your teacher, because they make the rules. Maybe they know best, but maybe they don't. It all depends on who you are, where you come from. Didn't at least one of the six hundred guys think about giving up, and joining with the other side? I mean, valley of death that's pretty salty stuff. That's why courage it's tricky. Should you always do what others tell you to do? Sometimes you might not even know why you're doing something. I mean any fool can have courage. But honor, that's the real reason for you either do something or you don't. It's who you are and maybe who you want to be. If you die trying for something important, then you have both honor and courage, and that's pretty good. I think that's what the writer was saying, that you should hope for courage and try for honor. And maybe even pray that the people telling you what to do have some, too.

    • Crazy credits
      Family, school and sports photographs of the real Michael Oher and of the real Tuohy family are shown during the initial credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Inglourious Basterds/Post Grad/World's Greatest Dad (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Unsquare Dance
      Written by Dave Brubeck

      Performed by Dave Brubeck Quartet (as The Dave Brubeck Quartet)

      Courtesy of Derry Music Company

    User reviews599

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    7/10
    Sandra Bullock as Saint Sandra Bullock In A Terrific TV Movie
    I must confess I was weeping 5 minutes into the movie and that's unusual for me. I had read the book and in the book nothing is that black or that white for that matter, but this is as movie and as a movie it works. I was expecting commercial interruptions every few minutes, the film felt so much like a TV movie. But that is not necessarily a bad thing. The Michael Oher story had to be told even with the poetic licenses that the film takes, shamelessly. Sandra Bullock plays herself beautifully as always and her character with all her saintly stern, southern modern American woman could not move away too far from "Miss Congeniality". But it works and at the end of the day, after paying the prices one pays at the box office, it's almost enough. Why they had to ruin it with an Oscar nomination? The nomination makes you look for something in her performance that clearly isn't there. If you go to a Sandra Bullock movie, the quality of the movie may vary but she is always terrific, playing that Sandra Bullock character. Good for her.
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    • Is "The Blind Side" based on a book?
    • What happened to all the football equipment used in the movie?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 20, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Japan)
      • Official site (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Góc Khuất
    • Filming locations
      • Atlanta International School - 2890 N. Fulton Drive, Buckhead, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Alcon Entertainment
      • 3 Arts Entertainment
      • Left Tackle Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $29,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $255,982,860
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $34,119,372
      • Nov 22, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $309,231,694
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 9 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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