The Blind Side

                                                                    The Blind Side

Michael Oher aka “Big Mike” (Quinton Aaron) is a young boy who had a bad start to life.  He was born in Memphis and grew up not knowing who his father was while his mother spent all the money she had on drugs.  Michael was in and out many fosters homes as he always went back home to take care of his mother and make sure she was okay, he ended up sleeping on his Uncle’s couch.  His uncle tries to get him into a white christian school but it does not look hopefully as Michael has not got much knowledge for his age.

Big Mike is seen shivering, walking home from school one day by a woman called Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock), she decides he needs helps to she stops to talk to him.  She decides to ask him to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with her and her family. Leigh Anne is a socialite who buys and sells things.  She is married to Sean Tuohy (Tim McGraw) and they have two children S.J Tuohy (Jae Head) and Collins Tuohy (Lily Collins).  As a family they all love sports and have/are participating in some sort of sporting activity such as basketball, cheerleader, volleyball and running.

                                                                                                       

                                                                                    Leigh Anne starts to change Michael’s life

                                                                                around for the better by doing everyday things that his mother should of done for him such as

having new clean clothes, having his own bed and helping him study for school.  Leigh Anne’s life also changes as she sees “The Projects” which is the side of Memphis where Michael had been living. She realises just how bad Michael's life had been.

While living with the Tuohy family, Michael’s life was not always good.  He still faced some horrible experiences such as being involved in a car accident and seeing the house his mother lived in is now locked with an eviction notice on it.  Michael also faced racial abuse while playing football.  Leigh Anne does the best she can to help Michael deal with every problem he is faced with. 

Michael is really good at football and gets the chance to play at university level and many schools are interested in him and try to offer him free stuff so he will go to their school.  His grades are letting him down though so the Tuohy’s decide to help him by hiring a private tutor called Miss Sue (Kathy Bates).  Miss Sue and Leigh Anne try to persuade Michael to decide to go to Ole Miss school  and an investigation then takes place to find out if Michael was influenced by the Tuohy’s or Miss Sue to benefit their alma mater.  After going back to his home town and realising how much his life has changed for the better, he decides the Tuohy’s are now his family so he tells the investigator that he chose to attend Ole Miss as it is his family’s school.