Archive for November 27th, 2009

Short Take: Involving and touching, its message gets through

Director: John Lee Hancock (The Rookie)

Screenwriter: John Lee Hancock (The Alamo), Michael Lewis (book)

Cast: Sandra Bullock (Miss Congeniality), Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Kathy Bates (Revolutionary Road)

Length: 2h 8m

Synopsis: As a young child Michael Oher (pronounced “or”) and his brother were taken from their drug-addicted mother by Child Services. Afterword, he frog-leaped to and from several foster homes only to wind up alone on the streets. One night while walking along one of those streets the Tuohy family pulled over to him and invited him to their home. The well to do Tennessee family ended up taking Michael in and raising him through his final years of high school, where he earned good enough grades and did well enough in football to merit a high-profile status with college football coaches and recruiters from across the country. Eventually choosing Ole Miss, Michael went on to have an exceptional college football career and was selected 23^rd overall in the 2009 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens. Read the rest of this entry »