ConversantLife.com, together with Grace Hill Media, is giving away three copies of "The Blind Side" DVD. By now everyone knows the dramatic true story of Michael Oher, a homeless teen in Memphis who was taken in by Leigh Anne Tuohy, played in an Oscar-winning performance by Sandra Bullock. This real-life story of family and of Michael's growth into a blue-chip football star will have you cheering with its mix of gridiron action and heartwarming emotion.

To be eligible for your free DVD, simply read the review by Christopher Faris right here on ConversantLife.com and leave a comment about one or two films you have seen that caught you by surprise (in other words, the film hit your "blind side"). Either you were expecting to love the film but didn't, or you weren't expecting to like it and were pleasantly surprised.

By now everyone knows the story behind the Michael Lewis book and the John Lee Hancock directed movie, "The Blind Side." This review coincides with the release of the DVD.

“The Blind Side” is the mostly true story of football star Michael Oher and Leigh Anne Tuohy, played in an Oscar-winning performance by Sandra Bullock. In the film, Tuohy begins to notice Oher and finds something of a connection to him. With a combination of her faith and intuition, she pursues Oher to afford him a better life. This involves bringing Oher – a poor and underachieving black man from the other side of the railroad tracks – into her white, upper class world. As Oher lives with the family, Tuohy recognizes a gift in Oher that she directly correlates to football, and the mentoring begins.

I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard Christians express a hunger to see their faith portrayed in a forthright manner onscreen.   Nobody wants to see something preachy.  They simply long to find a film that shows how beliefs are translated into tangible actions.   Surely, daily discipleship decisions can be translated into cinematic terms.

Prayers have been answered with a remarkably entertaining film, THE BLIND SIDE.   This real life story of football player Michael Oher comes from the acclaimed pen of Michael Lewis (author of Moneyball and The New New Thing).   But The Blind Side is a much more than a football story.   It is a tribute to families, to the power of adoption, to the practical difference one family can make.   At a time when we desperately need heroic actions, The Blind Side delivers refreshing role models.