The Blind Side is a family movie about love, perseverance and honor.

Rating: 10/10 (4 November 2010)

The Blind Side is a true life film about a young black man, wonderfully played by Quinton Aaron. This man, Michael Oher was born into a difficult family situation but today, lives a life polar opposite of the one he could have ended up living. This is all due to the love and compassion of one woman; Leigh Ann Tuohy brilliantly played by Sandra Bullock. Sean Tuohy is played by Tim McGraw and Miss Sue, Michaels tutor, is played by Kathy Bates. Considering that Michael Oher was born in a rough part of Memphis Tn., his mother is a drug addict and his father is absent it seems that Michael has all opportunities to become like so many of his neighborhood friends. Michael could do drugs, steal, and/or become a gang member. There is something in Michael that pulls him away from that sort of lifestyle. Michael has perseverance and honor. He keeps trying to "do life" on his own; sleeping where he can, and doing laundry on someone else's dime, until someone comes along and gives him a better opportunity to do something with his life. Michael has honor and protective instincts he honors his mother no matter how bad her choice of lifestyle is. She is still his mother and he wants to be with her. He wants to protect her. Leigh Ann is very compassionate when she meets Michael's biological mother. She feels her pain as well as she can considering their opposite lifestyles. Michael continued his education in the home of the Tuohy's. When he got there, his GPA was barely on the scale; when he left the Tuohy's home, it was because he had worked so hard (with the help of Miss Sue) and received a scholarship to Ole Miss. Kathy Bates is wonderful as his tutor. The Blind Side is similar to "Remember the Titans" starring Denzel Washington, in the fact that they are both based on true stories about young men, football and racism. When you watch The Blind Side, you will feel like you are right there in Michael's head when he has flashbacks regarding the day he was taken from his mother. Even though the scene around him is total chaos like when he goes back to his old neighborhood and gets in a scuffle with one of his acquaintances. They pull back in the scene so that you can see Michael among all of the chaos just after the scuffle and then see his memories of being ripped from his mothers grasp. In the present scene, the screams of the women and children enhance his despair and the sounds of their cries demonstrate what he is going through in his flashback. This movie is proof positive that even if you are born into diverse conditions that if you have perseverance, honor and courage that you can change your destiny.