The Blind SIDE is a 2009 American biographical sports drama film written and directed by John Lee Hancock. The film follows Michael Oher, an African-American teenager from a broken home, as he is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him to fulfill his potential. The Blind SIDE is based on the 2006 book The Blind SIDE: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. The film stars Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, and Kathy Bates. The solution to the crossword for the term 'The Blind SIDE' is SIDE.