The Blind Side

 

Directed by  :      John Lee Hancock

Produced by :      Broderick Johnson

                         Andrew Kosove

                         Gill Netter

Screenplay by :  John Lee Hancock

Story by      :     Michael Lewis

Starring      :      

Sandra Bullock  :  Leigh Anne Tuohy

                        Tim McGraw      : Sean Tuohy

                        Quinton Aaron   : Michael Oher

                        Jae Head            : S.J. Tuohy

                         Lily Collins        : Collins Tuohy

                        Ray McKinnon    :Coach Burt Cotton

Music by :        Carter Burwell

Synopsis

The Blind Side portray the incredible true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a wealthy white family after a late night Thansgiving school play. Leigh Ann notices Michael walking on the road , shivering in the cold then offers him a place to stay. Slowly, Michael becomes the part of the family even though Leigh Ann faces disgust from her rich friends who wonder what she is doing. Later on, Leigh Ann discovers that this silent teenager is initially a passive athlete, notices his protective instincts and encourages him to improve his grades to join the school football team. With hard work and courage ,later Leigh Ann and her family send off Michael to the Ole Miss campus to begin his study and ends with a sad farewell between the mother and son.

"you threaten my son, you threaten me" 

Leigh Anne confidently driving her fancy car to the ghetto and threatens a gang to leave Michael alone. from this, we can see how she care about Michael as he has being a part of her. She didn't care about any risk that she might face for him.

"you changing that boy's life,no,he changed mine"

since Michael being a part of the family, indirectly, he changed the family custom. There is one scene , on Thanksgiving, when the Touhys family having dinner in their living room, by their own while watching tv, but everything was change when suddenly, Leigh Ann saw Michael take his meal to the dining table and eat it by himself. After that, she ask her husband and children to eat together and celebrate the Thanksgiving in actual way as a family. From Leigh Ann's eyes, she believes that, Michael has open her eyes to the real meaning of the family.

Discrimination towards skin colours

The discrimination towards coloured people appeared from her rich friends when Leigh Ann decided to become Michael's legal guardian. One even suggests that her teenage daughter Collins is not safe around him, much to Leigh Anne's disgust. She didn't care about that crap at all and her eyes are blind from seeing Michael's skin colour but, deeply, nobody knows her real intention. Was it about religion? But, from what I believes is, the thick humanity value inside Leigh Ann that brings her to take Michael into her life. 

Later, she champions him by claiming: “Michael’s gift is his ability to forget.” That’s an attitude often heard in modern-day America where the presidency of Barack Obama is meant to prove that talk of racism is old-fashioned, that all wounds can be healed.