The Blind Side

For 17 years, Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) has been in foster care with different families. Every time he is sent to a new home, he runs off. One of his foster parents enrolls him into a Christian school, after the father convinces the coach that "Big Mike" is a natural athlete. The coach convinces the school principal to enroll him into the school.

After school one day, Michael meets Sean "SJ" Jr. (Jae Head), who quickly befriends Michael. Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) is an interior designer, mother to SJ and Collins (Lily Collins), and wife to Sean Tuohy (Tim McGraw). After a pre-holiday Thanksgiving school festival, Leigh Anne notices Michael walking on the road, shivering in the freezing cold; she pities his situation and offers him a place to spend the night. The next morning, much to her dismay, she finds Michael leaving their driveway and asks him to spend Thanksgiving with her family. Slowly, Michael starts becoming a part of the Tuohy family, even as Leigh Anne's friends warn her that Michael could affect SJ and Collins' social life. Nonetheless, SJ and Michael become buddies. Leigh Anne goes to the school about Michael's academic performance and is surprised to learn that even though he has scored low in essentially every aspect, he scored in the 98th percentile in 'protective instincts.' Sean also takes to Michael and lists the Tuohys as his emergency contact and talks to the school coach to get Michael enrolled in the football team.

Michael performs exceptionally on the field and catches the eye of many college coaches from around the state. SJ tells Michael that his mother cannot stand Tennessee. Leigh Anne comes to know that to get a NCAA Division I Scholarship, Michael needs a 2.5 GPA; his current GPA is too low, so they hire a private tutor to raise his grades. The school teachers also take a special interest and start giving his tests verbally rather than in written format. During one of his private tutor classes, his tutor, Miss Sue (Kathy Bates), tells him that the FBI bury the body parts of the unrecognized dead people under the football field of University of Tennessee. Michael's heart aches and this is possibly shown as a reason for Michael opting to join University of Mississippi ending with a 2.52 GPA. Subsequently, Michael receives a call from the NCAA, who suspect that the Tuohys forced Michael to select Mississippi, rather than Tennessee, his home-state team. The investigator also tells him that both the parent Tuohys were from Mississippi and his school coach also got a better job at UM after Michael choose Mississippi.

Michael leaves the investigation room and confronts Leigh Anne, and asks her if she only took him in so that he would play football for her alma mater. Michael goes to his birth mother's apartment in the projects, where his old friends at first welcome him, then make sexually suggestive remarks about his adoptive mother and sister. A fight ensues, where Michael easily dispatches three armed thugs, and flees the scene. Leigh Anne waits for Michael at home but when he doesn't show up, she goes in search of Michael. He finally calls her, and they meet at a neighborhood laundromat. Leigh Anne tells him that she will accept his decision on football and on what to do with his life, no matter what. Michael tells the investigator that he chose Mississippi was because his whole family has always gone to school there. Michael gets accepted to Ole Miss with a scholarship for football. Leaving Michael at school, Leigh Anne feels happy for what she has done for Michael, from what could have been his future if she hadn't met him.

The film ends with the 2009 NFL Draft, showing the real-life Michael Oher being drafted by the Baltimore Ravens.

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我很喜欢这部电影。喜欢Sandra一切贴心的动作。更喜欢Michael 木纳的笑容。Michael总是小心翼翼地处理自己与Sandra一家人的感情，抱着外来者的谨慎。

当Sandra说，收留Michael因为他改变了她；当她理所当然地准备好房间给Micahel，以为Michael只是不曾拥有房间，Michael告诉她“不是，我从来没有拥有自己的床”。一切对她如此自然、理所应该存在的条件却不是Michael曾经拥有的。

导演的拍摄极度细心，画面处理总是让我看了又笑，笑了又哭。

不过是Michael 独自在饭桌上、Collin在图书馆的陪伴、MissSue有趣与感性的解说、还是SJ兄弟似的对待、甚至在教练袒护又严格的训练，我只能如此回味，称赞。

喜欢这一幕。当手牵着手时，黑白不再是距离。