The Blind Side

Data
Title: The Blind Side
Year: 2009
Length: 129 minutes
Director: John Lee Hancock
Writer: John Lee Hancock, based on the book by Michael Lewis
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron
Music: Carter Burwell (and non-original music)
Distinctions: Oscar for Best Actress (Bullock); Oscar nomination for Best Picture

My reaction
Synopsis: a black, homeless teenager is taken in by white, wealthy football fans
How I saw it: on video, a few days ago
Concept: Terrible.
Story: Terrible.
Characters: Bad.
Dialog: Good.
Pacing: Good.
Cinematography: Indifferent.
Special effects/design: Good.
Acting: Good. I guess, more-or-less. For a bad feel-good movie, it's good acting. For an Oscar-winning movie, it's pretty underwhelming. It might have been a lot better if the script had given them anything that comes remotely close to having an emotional impact.
Music: Indifferent.
Subjective Rating: 3/10 (Bad). If you've seen the trailer, you've seen the movie. And here I was upset about Avatar's Oscar nominations...
Objective Rating: 1.8/4 (Eh).