The Blind Side is the heart-warming film based on the true story of Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and her relationship with her adopted son, Michael Big Mike. Michael has been through several families in foster care since he was young, but every time he is placed in a new home he runs away. His friends dad enrols his son and Michael into a local Christian school. When they see his size they think he would be a great asset to the schools American football team. Leigh Anne notices Michael after her young son, S.J., befriends him at school. She realises he is troubled and alone and invites him to join the family for events, and he slowly morphs into becoming part of the Tuohy family. Leigh Anne notices Michael sleeping in the local Laundromat and offers him to spend the night, after realising he doesnt have a real family or a home, she invites him into theirs. Leigh Anne and her husband, Sean, become his legal guardian and encourage him in taking his American football skills to play for a university team. Michael chooses his new parents alma mater, Ole Miss, and goes on to play football in the NFL.
