Uplifting story of a future NFL lineman adopted by a Memphis sports family.

Rating: Null/10 (23 April 2010)

Sandra Bullock won the Oscar for best actress in her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy who became "mom" to this extra large boy without a family or home.
The movie begins with film clips of the 1995 incident where linebacker Lawrence Taylor puts quarterback Joe Thiesman out of commission, for good, hitting him from his "BLIND SIDE", and thus making the left tackle (for right handed QBs) the most important lineman. This movie is the story of a lost oversize boy who became a left tackle.
Quinton Aaron, a young 6-8 actor from the Bronx, is Michael Oher, a gentle giant of a boy whose mother and father were always in trouble and he finds himself homeless. The Tuohy family notices that he attends school basketball games and stays to pick up food, uneaten popcorn etc so that he can survive. Leigh Ann is a generous person and, with two school children already, decides to give Michael a couch for the night, then eventually a shopping trip for clothes and his own bedroom. The Tuohys eventually also become his legal guardian.
Factually Michael became an all-star high school football tackle, and played at Ole Miss, the alma mater of the Tuohys. And now he has become a first-round pick in the NFL draft. But the story isn't about football, it is about how much can be done when we allow ourselves to look beyond ethnic, racial, and economic differences to actually help others and make a difference.
Tim McGraw is very effective as the dad, Sean Tuohy, former star Ole Miss basketball player and now the owner of a large number of fast-food outlets. His son SJ is Jae Head. Brit Lily Collins (daughter of singer Phil Collins) is good as the daughter Collins Tuohy.
Part of the story is the task of getting Michael's grades up to a 2.5 average so that he would be eligible for division 1 sports, and Kathy Bates is excellent in the role of Miss Sue who the Tuohys hire to be Michael's personal tutor.
Excellent, touching story.