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The Blind Side (2009)

María N. Andrade and Kerly D. Quimi

Architecture and Design Faculty, University Catholica de Santiago de Guayaquil

Technical English

Catherine Cabanilla León, MTEFL

January 13 – 2022
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Director: John Lee Hancock

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Tim

McGraw, Tom Nowicki, Andy Stahl, Kelly

Johns, Shawn Knowles, Jae Head, Lily

Collins, Ashley LeConte Campbell, Quinton

Aaron, Ray McKinnon, Rhoda Griffis

Title in V.O: The Blind Side

Nationality: USA

Year: 2009

Release date: 2010-06-18

Running time: 129

Genre: Drama

Color or B/W: Color

Screenplay: John Lee Hancock

Synopsis: Story based on the play "The Blind Side: Evolution of the Game," by Michael Lewis,

which tells the story of Michael Oher, a young rising star chosen in the American NFL draft, who

after being kicked out of his home was taken in by a foster family whose mother will play Bullock,

who will try to encourage him to follow his dreams.

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Based on the true story of Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy who take in a destitute

high school African American, Michael Oher. Michael has his mother who is someone addicted,

he had little formal instruction and few abilities to assist him learn. Leigh Anne before long takes

charge in any case, as is her nature, guaranteeing that the youthful man has each opportunity to

succeed. When he communicates an interest in football, she goes all out to assist him, counting

giving the coach many ideas on how best to use Michael's aptitudes. They not as it were given

him with a cherishing domestic but contract a guide to assist him move forward his grades to the

point where he would qualify for an NCAA Division I athletic grant. Michael Oher was the first-

round choose of the Baltimore Ravens within the 2009 NFL draft.

The film is a testament to Sandra Bullock's fine performance as the southern matriarch

who is as impetuous as she is caring. The film is an interracial fairy tale that exalts the goodness

that hides behind the harsh and conservative face of deep America. The film offers a portrait of

multiracial America, where blacks occupy the background, passive or sinister in a story starring

white benefactors. One of the main characteristics of the film is when it tries to generate strong

emotions in the peaks of the protagonist's development that it poses in the different scenes. The

film has a good acting cast to such an extent that it won an Oscar award for best actress,

generating greater acceptance of the film.

We really recommend this movie to our friends; we find it a very interesting story within

what the movie is about. In our opinion it is a wonderful movie. We were moved from the

beginning to the end, a story of a boy, who, with the help of a generous family, changed his life

completely. On the other hand, it stands out that it is a movie based on real events which makes

it even more interesting, since it is not only a football movie, but it goes beyond just a sports

movie. So, this film is about the fact that no matter how unlucky you are, you can never stop
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believing that you will achieve your dreams, look at Michael Oher, despite all the bad things in

his past, he kept on running and on the field and got what he wanted.