The Blind Side

My catch up with the 2010 Oscar winners continues with The Blind Side. My first question is how did Sandra Bullock win an Oscar for this role? My second question is can I get the hour and a half I wasted on this movie back?

Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy, a rich Southern bell who is married with two kids. On the spur of the moment they decide to take in a very large African American kid who has just enrolled at their son's expensive private school. He has terrible grades, but the coach has talked the principal into making some concessions to help the football team. Problem is, the kid is not a very good football player. Not to worry, one speech from Bullock converts him into an NFL caliber player.

Based on the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first round NFL draft pick, the movie takes a few liberties, but is basically true to what really happened. The story is not the problem, the problem is the super cornball Hollywood execution. The acting is terrible and the schmaltz is so thick you can cut it with a knife. The only good part of the movie was the closing credits, one, because the movie was over and two, because they showed some interesting pictures of the real Michael Oher and his family.