The Blind Side

The Blind Side

The Blind Side is a 2009 American biographical sports drama film. This movie is written and directed by John Lee Hancock. The story features Michael Oher, an offensive lineman who was plays for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. Quinton Aaron plays as Michael Oher, and Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy.The Blind Side grossed over $300 million. Sandra Bullock went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. The film also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.

Michael has been in foster care with different families in Tennessee because of his mother's drug addiction. Every time he is placed in a new home, he runs away. His friend's father asks the coach of Wingate School, to help enroll his son and Mike. Impressed by Mike's size and athleticism, Cotton gets him admitted to the school even though he has a poor academic record. Michael then becomes friends with a younger student named Sean Jr. ("SJ"). Later on, Leigh Anne and Sean watch their daughter Collins playing volleyball. After the game, Sean notices Michael picking up leftover food on the bleachers. Leigh Anne notices Michael walking alone on the road at night, shivering in the cold without proper clothing. When she asks where he plans to spend the night he claims he is staying outside the gym. Leigh Ann offers to let him stay on their couch at home that night. The next morning, Leigh Anne notices that Michael was walking away from the house. Seeing him walking away, she runs up to him and asks him to spend Thanksgiving with the family.

 Slowly, Michael becomes a part of the family. Later, Leigh Anne decides to take Michael to his mother's house. He sees an eviction sign posted on the door. When Leigh Anne tries to become Michael's legal guardian, she learns he was taken from his mother when he was seven and that no one knows where he has been. She is also told that he scored poorly in a career aptitude test but was ranked in the 98th percentile in protective instincts. When Michael appears to be nervous to use his strength and size while learning to play football, Leigh Anne tells him, as an offensive lineman, he must protect his quarterback. From that moment, Michael improves tremendously. The Tuohys decide to hire a private tutor for Michael, Miss Sue. Leigh Anne asks Michael’s mother if she can adopt him. The mother allows her to do that.

Michael is then interviewed by many schools for football. SJ talks to coaches and negotiates. He decides on Ole Miss. That is a problem because that is where Sean and Leigh Anne went to school. That causes an investigator to look into the decision to determine if the Tuohys took him in and made him select that certain school. Michael runs away before the interview is over. He then finds his mother. A gang leader welcomes him back, but when the gang leader threatens to go after his family, Michael gets into a fight with him. Michael tells the investigator he chose Ole Miss because "it's where my family goes to school". Michael is accepted into college and says his goodbyes to his family.

            I really enjoyed this movie. This is definitely one of my favorite movies. It is such a great story, and I would highly recommend it to everyone. I have watched it many times, and I still really enjoy this film.