on a true story.

     Michael Oher was a homeless teenager in Memphis, Tennessee. His father had disappeared when he was a small child, and his mother was such a hopeless drug addict that the state had removed Michael from her custody. He ran away from several foster homes and simply disappeared off the state radar.

      Michael was, even as a young teenager, huge and athletic. Through a distant relative, Michael was admitted to a small private high school because the football coach saw Michael’s potential as a football player. The coach persuaded the school administration to admit Michael even though his test scores were well below admission standards. Struggling to understand his new environment, Michael was a gentle

soul lost in a new world, with no family and nowhere to call home.

     Enter Leigh Ann Tuohy, a fiercely independent and outspoken mother and wife, who not only marched to her own drummer, but who heard the music of a completely different band. A chance encounter with Michael on one cold night convinced Leigh Ann to take the shy teenager under her wing, and into her home and family.

     A shy, homeless, and frightened African-American teenager moves into the home of a white, wealthy Southern family, changing all of their lives forever.

     The film is absolutely hilarious, touching, engrossing, and brilliant as it follows Michael through his experiences in high school. (THE BLIND SIDE refers to the position that Michael learns to play in football.