Jan 04 2010
Blindsided By Bullock
So, I got to see The Blind Side last week, and while I took my sweet time getting the review out there (and they took their sweet time to publish it thanks to holiday vacations and the like), I have to say I was really impressed with Sandra Bullock. In the review I mentioned Erin Brockovich, and Bill Simmons summed up The Blind Side and Bullock’s performance in one phrase: She out-Juliaed Julia.
Think about it; if this was Julia Roberts in the role of Leigh Ann Tuohy, are you impressed, or do you just think, “Man, Julia Roberts is great at these kind of roles!” I mean, you expect Julia Roberts to kill this part, because it’s what she does best. But Sandra Bullock? Sandra “the only movie I’ve ever carried is Miss Congeniality and that was 10 years ago” Bullock? It came out of left field for her. At least I thought so, anyway; feel free to disagree with me.
This is a $200 million grossing movie, and it’s Sandra Bullock’s movie. No Hugh Grant, Ryan Reynolds, or Keanu Reeves to lean on. There’s nobody *but* her! That’s what makes it so amazing. Never thought she had it in her.
There was some hokey movie she did with Keanu Reeves about being in love and living by a lake, and one of them being in the past that I always wanted to see, but for me, the roles I remember her best in are Demolition Man and now this. She nailed it.
(I saw the movie last night. It was awesome!)