The Blind Side

By Lauren Rose

Whether you want to see a good, heart-felt movie, or you’re a big college football fan; The Blind Side is for you. In not your typical Sandra Bullock comedy, Bullock portrays Leigh Anne Tuohy, a religious mother of two and a devoted wife from the South. Tim McGraw plays her husband, Sean, in a southern hospitality setting filled with love and care. Michael Oher, played by Quinton Aaron, is a homeless teenager hoping to play football that begins to attend private school with Tuohy’s daughter.

In the movie, Mrs. Tuohy sees Oher walking on the side of the road in the cold when she decided to ask him where he was heading. With no response, she told him to get in the car, where her family took him in for the night. A spot was made for him on the couch that night, and in the morning, Leigh Anne found the pillows and blankets folded up neatly in their place.

What was at first a temporary stay turns into a home for Oher once Tuohy realizes he has nowhere to go. Despite the differences in their backgrounds, the Tuohy family agrees to work with Michael to help him have a better life, starting with a home. College was next on the list for Michael, and the Tuohy’s who are both Ole Miss alumni, decide to have Miss Sue, one of his teachers, tutor him through passing his senior year.

College football coaches start seeing some of the skill Oher has on the football field, drawing interest from the scouts. Soon enough, Oher has schools contacting him, visiting him, and luring him to play for them.

Oher becomes the feel-good story soon after getting drafted 23rd overall in the 2009 NFL Draft to the Baltimore Ravens. Someone who was raised by a crack-addict mother and a father he never met, changed his life around for the better. It was a long way for Michael Oher, but come every Sunday, he is making his family proud on the football field.