"The Blind Side"

Comedy, Drama, Adaptation, Biopic and Sports. Rated PG-13. 2 hours.

The Blind Side stars Quinton Aaron, known as Big Mike, who was a homeless African-American boy living in the projects. His father left his mother when he was little. She was an addict.

He lives at the gym of the prep school and the janitor talks to the football coach into letting him try his hands at football. Big Mike has no clue how to play football.

The Touhy's, Leigh Ann and Sean (played by Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw), see him walking down a lonely road in a cold Memphis rain, turn the car around and offer him a ride to their house. After learning he is homeless, they offer for him to spend the night.

Realizing he has no where to go, they enroll him into the prep school, a mostly white upper-class school, and teach him how to play football. However, his grades are so low, they are off the chart. The one area were he excelled academically was personal protection.

The Touhy's hire a tutor, Kathy Bates, to bring them up to par, he gets his driver's license and they buy him a truck. But taking their son for a ride in the truck, he gets into an accident with minor injuries.

Eventually his grades pick up, he graduates and the offers come in to play college football. He can't decide which college to go to, then he takes off roaming the streets again. You have to see this picture to find out what happens next.

The movie was shot in Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia. It was distributed by Warner Brothers. Sandra Bullock is nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in this film.

This movie will make you laugh and cry. This is a true story that is inspirational, endearing and totally entertaining. I would definitely recommend this movie.

Overall Rating: A

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The Blind Side movie poster