黑人男孩奥赫(昆东•亚伦 Quinton Aaron 饰)自幼父母离异,无家可归。不过,木讷的他却因为极强的身体条件和运动天赋,幸运地进入了一家私立基督教高中。虽然,他科科零分,但是一些细节却让他显得与众不同。一次排球比赛后,他主动收拾垃圾的行为,引起了陶西一家的注意。于是,陶西太太(桑德拉•布洛克 Sandra Bullock 饰)决定收养奥赫,并把他培养成橄榄球选手。陶西太太让他感受到了家庭的温暖。同时,陶西的儿子还帮助奥赫训练,使他很快地融入了橄榄球队的生活,不断激发运动的潜能。终于,在一次比赛中,他因出色的表现崭露头角,开始获得了球探的关注,随之带来了一系列的甜蜜和麻烦……
本片根据迈克尔•刘易斯(Michael Lewis)的原著《弱点:比赛进程》(The Blind Side Evolution of the Game)改编,取材自2009年美国国家橄榄球联盟(National Football League)选秀状元迈克尔•奥赫的非凡经历。荣获第82届奥斯卡最佳女主角奖(Sandra Bullock)。
James Bentley is tried for the murder of Abigail McGinty, the charwoman of Broadhinny who also took in Bentley as her lodger. The evidence is overwhelming, and soon after he is sentenced to hang. Superintendent Spence is not convinced of the man's guilt, and so he visits Poirot, asking him to look into the case. Poirot then heads off to the village, where he becomes the paying guest of Maureen and Major Johnnie Summerhayes. Ariadne Oliver, Poirot's novelist friend, has also come to Broadhinny to collaborate on a stage adaptation of one of her novels with dramatist Robin Upward. With the clue of a bottle of ink purchased by the dead woman shortly before her death, Poirot searches Mrs. McGinty's belongings and finds an edition of The Sunday Comet newspaper, where an article concerning two women connected with famous murders has been cut out. With the story are two photographs of the women. Poirot discovers that Mrs. McGinty had seen one of the photographs before, and knew to whom it belonged to. But which woman was this case connected with Are any of the people living in Broadhinny related to these women, as one of their children Or perhaps one of them is one of the actual women The puzzle pieces begin to fit in, especially after Poirot is shoved into the path of an oncoming train by an unknown entity. But will the murderer strike agai