Awesome Movie!! There is a big lesson to learn in this movie and we all could learn from movies like this and put those lessons to use in our own way. The acting was outstanding. Sandra Bullock is Awesome in every way just love her and everything she does. My favorite actress of all time. Great cast of Characters and I really loved everything about this movie. Of course...10/10 for me and an extra 5 for how hot Sandra Bullock is, couldn't resist had to add that too. Great watch for the whole family. Enjoy!!!

Sandra Bullock ("The Proposal"), Tim McGraw ("Friday Night Lights") and Oscar winner Kathy Bates ("Misery") star in Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Blind Side," which depicts the true story of All-American football star Michael Oher.

In the film, teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is surviving on his own, virtually homeless, when he is spotted on the street by Leigh Anne Tuohy (Bullock). Learning that the young man is one of her daughter's classmates, Leigh Anne insists that Michael-wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter-come out of the cold. Without a moment's hesitation, she invites him to stay at the Tuohy home for the night. What starts out as a gesture of kindness turns into something more as Michael becomes part of the Tuohy family despite the differences in their backgrounds.

Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. And as the family helps Michael fulfill his potential, both on and off the football field, Michael's presence in the Tuohys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own.

"The Blind Side" is directed by John Lee Hancock ("The Rookie"), who also wrote the screenplay based on the book "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" by Michael Lewis. Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove, and Broderick Johnson produced the film with Molly Smith, Erwin Stoff, and Timothy M. Bourne serving as executive producers.

Tim McGraw stars as Sean Tuohy and Kathy Bates stars as Michael Oher's dedicated tutor, Miss Sue. Quinton Aaron is introduced in the central role of Michael Oher. The film also stars young actors Lily Collins and Jae Head as the Tuohy children, Collins and S.J., respectively.

The behind-the-scenes creative team is led by director of photography Alar Kivilo, two-time Oscar-nominated production designer Michael Corenblith ("Apollo 13," "The Grinch"), editor Mark Livolsi, costume designer Daniel Orlandi, and composer Carter Burwell.

"The Blind Side" is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

it made me cry because it was so beautifully written! 5stars deffinately! I wish i could write such a heart warming story. But I guess its because it was based off of something real :p It made me grateful to have a family when they were eating their dinner as a famiy at the table. CUDOS!

The Blind Side is a very heartwarming movie. Michael Orhe is played perfectly by Quinten. I love the fact that right before Quinten got the part of Michael; Quinten was evicted from his apartment. This shows that some of Michael's tears and agony faced in the movie were actually the true tears Quinten was facing in his own life. This movie is one of the greats that will be watched over and over again for many years. 5 stars *****

A TEAR JERKING, WARM HEARTED MOVIE THAT REALLY FILLS YOUR HEART WITH JOY. SANDRA BULLOCK REALLY OUT-DID HERSELF AS A STRONG MINDED BUT GENTLE HEARTED MOM WHO GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO HELP THIS POOR YOUNG MAN SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND IN LIFE.
THIS IS CERTAINLY A FIVE STAR MOVIE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY.

-NOMAD_OF_DARKNESS

Probably Sandra Bullocks best performance yet! Very well done, based on a true story and at the end of the movie even shows you the real people, I like that!Just a feel good movie!If you are a football buff or not you should watch this movie at least once!

I loved this movie... Im not a sports fan but I found everything in this movie entertaining. Hopefully more people with the means to help people in their communities will aspire to do so after seeing this. Now all I need is to win the lottery so I can do my part :D

This movie made me sad and happy at the same time, Based on a true story its hard to believe that there still good people like that in the world. Sandra Bullock is great as its the first time i can think of her playing a mother. This movie will definitely be added to my favorites 5/5 Stars

I liked this movie especially with Sandra in it. This movie was a different take and she played the role excellently along side Time Mcgraw.

In tis movie she is a mother that makes a drastic chamge in a young mans life that others of her class see as a charity work but she sees it as an opportunity to truly make a difference in someones life.

Watch and see how a family came together to touch the life of a young man.

In the fact-based film The Blind Side, a burly homeless black teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is taken in by the family of Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock), a spunky white Christian mother of two and assisted through school until he achieves success as a football player in high school and college, eventually being drafted in the first round by the professional Baltimore Ravens. The film, written and directed by John Lee Hancock and adapted from a book by Michael Lewis, is undemanding entertainment that lacks a great deal of subtlety but is continuously entertaining and emotionally involving and redefines the true meaning of family values.

Michael who is known initially as "Big Mike" has been abandoned by his drug-addicted mother and survives in the slums of Memphis, Tennessee only by his wits. He sleeps where he can find a warm place -- a friend's couch, a Laundromat, a school gym -- when a family friend intervenes and helps him enroll in a private Christian high school. Sensing the boys' potential, football coach Cotton (Ray McKinnon) convinces the administrators of the school to admit him although he knows that he will not be eligible to play football unless he can keep up his grades. Seeing Michael alone wandering the streets, he is given a lift and taken home and made a member of the family by Leigh Anne, an interior designer who lives with her husband Sean (Tim McGraw), teenage daughter Collins (Lily Collins), and SJ (Jae Head) an expressive little boy who provides most of the film's comic moments.

Living with the Tuohy family allows Michael to learn to trust and to begin to express some of his feelings from a life of poverty and neglect. Michael who is so big that Leigh Anne can hardly find any clothes to buy for him is also gentle and lacks the killer instinct required of a football tackle. Tutored by the adorable SJ and counseled by Leigh Anne to view the team as a family he has to protect, Michael begins to develop his aggressiveness as a left tackle and develops his skills, eventually turning the team into winners. To raise his grades to be eligible for a college scholarship, the Tuohys hire Miss Sue, remarkably performed by Kathy Bates, who admits to the Republican family that she is a Democrat, prompting Sean to remark that he "never thought they would have a black son before they met a Democrat." Besides his grades, however, Michael must overcome several more obstacles that stand in his way before he can enter college.

The Blind Side shows Michael Oher achieving a transformation in his life based on his relationship with the family who took him and nurtured him to independence and self-respect. Sandra Bullock delivers an emotionally resonant performance as a woman whose life is enriched by her simple act of kindness and courage to act from her values. While the film breaks no new ground stylistically, it also resists genre clichés, has no movie villains, avoids cheap sentiment, and, in spite of patronizing images in its trailers and advertising posters, is a humorous, heartwarming, and satisfying experience. Ultimately, The Blind Side is not a film about sports but about the rewards of showing love and support when it is not always accepted or understood by the community.

What can I honestly say that everyone else hasn't already said as it concerns this movie? This movie was so inspirational as to what this young man went through and achieved with a little "boost" from a family who truly loved and was concerned about his future. The cast was custom fitted for this movie and a big hats off to all of them for an exceptional job!

I don't care what anyone has gone through... LOVE... truly changes things, and this movie is a portrayal of this fact! 5/5 for this excellent movie!!!

I have just returned from seeing the blind side. I was pleasantly surprised by the movie, particularly it's more poignant moments. Yes, this is a sports story, yes this is a biopic, but it is also in large part an interpersonal drama. It is rare to see a movie these days that relies on drama to carry it-not special effects, lush historically accurate wardrobe, or astounding make up- just a story that resonates with the viewer. That this story is based on contemporary facts makes it all the more resonant. Events that might have been handled superficially, predictably or exploited for dramatic purposes were instead presented in a nuanced and profound manner. Michael's biological mother was portrayed with dignity and compassion. In short, the aspects of Michael's story that make it moving and inspiring were captured with skill and integrity. As for the negative feedback regarding this movie that began when the only the trailers were available - I think the comments might be more a reflection of the world view of the authors rather than a reflection of the quality of the movie or the reality of Michael's story. Some people think the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird" was a story about racism in the south, or that "The Crying Game" was a movie about the IRA - to me those were the settings for the drama, and not the drama itself. John Lee Hancock really bit off a lot when he took on this project-but as it turned out, it was not more than he could chew. Remember when Attorney General Eric Holder commented on how we were a nation of cowards when it came to openly discussing race? With this movie, Hancock has demonstrated he is not one of those cowards. He did not ignore the racial or class differences of the characters in this movie, and he avoided using the movie to make a social statement with the movie. He allowed these character attributes to be what they were in reality, and told the human drama in an effective and sensitive manner.