The Blind Side reviewed by Mark Kermode

Mark thinks The Blind Side's subtle uncertainties makes this tale of housewife heals social ills, far more ambiguous that its made-for-TV saccharin appearance

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[DodgerRiley]

It's not politically correct, it's politically incorrect. So instead of living in a society that sees him with no value, the kid lives in a white upper class society that only sees him as valuable for sports. It's the 21st century, a black president for crying out loud. Why are we still making racist movies like these?

[TenderHistoryInRust]

Man from that clip alone, I will never watch this film

[cornbomber]

"true story" is a label slapped on anything, no doubt it really happened, but the one line in the movie that irked the shit out of me was when sandra was teaching him to play and tells the coach "you can't yell at him, they dont trust men" as though he were a giant retarded dog, as though blacks are inferior unless they're alleviated of their blackness by learning from a white family how to be a human

[aquapendulum]

Did anybody realize that this is a TRUE STORY?

[DodgerRiley]

@Lilja124 Hollywood could try making movies that don't simply feed ethnic stereotypes. I'm not saying the story of The Blind Side shoudl change. Just that it is so unoriginal and cliche that it is not worth making a movie, and it is unworthy of any critical acclaim.

[keflar5]

@DodgerRiley I thought the most racist thing in it was when she threatened a room full of black people that she is in the NRA and they better not come into her neighbourhood, to be fair its so thin as a film its almost incapable of being as racist as it wants to be

[jacobestes]

I came to this video hoping to hear Kermode just ripping it from beginning to end. It was one of five worst movies I have ever seen. There was nothing redeeming about it.

[ShaneBeacham]

The movie was alright, but Best Picture nominee? That was fucking ridiculous.

[PurushaDesa]

@rayway82

Which, like 'flower', is a funny name for it.

[DodgerRiley]

@Lilja124 He is stereotypically black. He is not a thug stereotype, but he is the stereotypical big black guy whose only purpose in life is sports for the entertainment of whites which is the only way he'll make it out of the "hood". However, it is a weird predicament because as you said it is "based on true events." It is a racist film that reflects a racist society.

[Lilja124]

@DodgerRiley

I don't know if the movie is racist on those grounds. I think that maybe if the black young man is stereotypically "black" it would be racist. Also, if the white couple is stereotypically "white". If it's a true story, it's what happened. You want them to change a true story to make it politically correct?!

[idioteque113]

Jesus, it's watchable for a TV movie when you have absolutely nothing else to watch, but cm-on.

this film was nominated for the best picture?!

to this day and forever after I will never believe that that really happened. Shakespeare in Love or Chicago "oscar scandals" are nothing comapared to this.