Overview
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
This movie was a refreshing change from the POS “The Blind Side”. This movie was everything that TBS wasn’t – gritty, honest and not apologetic. It was a low-level view of homelessness, mental illness and the struggles that we have with these issues. While it was obviously moving at times it never seemed to set out to artificially pull at your heart strings. That said, there wasn’t anything necessarily extraordinary about it either. I don’t think it would quite measure up with Rain Man or The Fisher King.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews The Soloist
Movie title: The Soloist
Movie description: A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Date published: 2010-05-14
Director(s): Joe Wright
Actor(s): Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander, Nelsan Ellis, Michael Bunin, LisaGay Hamilton, Rachael Harris, Stephen Root, Lorraine Toussaint, Jena Malone, Octavia Spencer, Justin Martin, Kokayi Ampah, Patrick Tatten, Susane Lee, Marcos De Silvas, Ilia Volok, Mike Nowak, David Jean Thomas, Lemon Andersen, Kevin Michael Key, Moya Brady, Orlando Ashley, Artel Great, J.J. Boone, Annie McKnight, Bernadette Speakes, Anna Levin, Steve Foster, Vivian George, Kevin Cohen, Courtney Andre, Teri Hughes, Linda Harris, Albert Olson, Melissa Black, Valarie Hudspeth, Darryl Black St., Kiana Parker, Hazard Banner, Russell Brown, Kenneth Henry, Jacqueline Sue West, Joyre Manuel, Lorinda Hawkins, Annette Valley, Patrick Kelly, Quiana Farrow, Tony Genaro, Charlie Weirauch, Wayne Lopez, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Noel Gugliemi, Paul Cruz, Wil Garret, Halbert Hernandez, Alejandro Patino, Karole Selmon, Rob Nagle, Patricia Place, Ralph Cole Jr., Gladys Khan, Palma Lawrence Reed, Isabel Hubmann, Bonita Jefferson, Eshana O'Neal, Myia Hubbard, Iyanna Newborn, Bronwyn Hardy, Troy Blendell, Nick Nervies, Paul Norwood
Genre: Drama
My Review
This movie was a refreshing change from the POS “The Blind Side”. This movie was everything that TBS wasn’t – gritty, honest and not apologetic. It was a low-level view of homelessness, mental illness and the struggles that we have with these issues. While it was obviously moving at times it never seemed to set out to artificially pull at your heart strings. That said, there wasn’t anything necessarily extraordinary about it either. I don’t think it would quite measure up with Rain Man or The Fisher King.
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My Review - 8/10
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