"An emotionally tone deaf and, typical of the director, gimmick-laden and aggressively polished adaptation." - Ryan Stewart

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An artistic failure from conception, it's British director Joe 'Steadicam' Wright's torrent of self-righteousness equal to the frequently referenced Hurricane Katrina.

Foxx's performance doesn't impress me, and Downey Jr. does the same role he's done a million times before. Wright inserts a few bold cinematographical choices into the film, sometimes succeeding, sometimes not. Can you say 'Oscar bait'?

The film has its heart in the right place, and everyone involved clearly endeavors to treat the story with special care, lest it devolve into cynical heart-tugging. All that restraint leaves it shockingly flat and colorless. The characters never come to life, feeling instead like randomly scattered ideas scooped up and shoved haphazardly into shells. The overwhelming sense is that Wright has been stumped by all the material before him, unable to pull it together into a cohesive vision.

Jamie Foxx gives a great performance in this movie. Unfortunately the story isn't very interesting. The music is good in the movie but the film drags on. After all is said and down I would have to say that this film is a minor letdown.

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A great bunch of actors with a good script makes for something that lands somewhere in between. I enjoyed it, didn't love it. My mind drew too many parallels to the superior Reign Over Me for myself to ignore. Oh well.

Lopez and Ayers' story has its beauty and tenderness, and Wright's melodrama approach is too clumsy and not very convincing: Soloist is almost saved by Downey Jr. and Foxx, but it is ultimately a real life drama that didn't need to be carry out with such uneasiness and total lack of subtlety.

While the story is moving, the speed the storyline is moved is somewhat haphazard and sometimes disorienting. The two main actor, however, did the best of their ability on portraying their character's own struggles realistically.

Based on the true story of what happened when a gifted yet schizophrenic homeless man and a journalist on the lookout for a story-- collide. Reveals the realities of skid row and how many homeless there now are in L.A. county (around 80,000) The homeless man (Ayers) has a Beethoven obsession and plays the cello so well it breaks your heart to hear it. Worth a watch.

Very poor filming.

Seemed hackneyed.

I'm thinking that a person who is not very musically inclined might find this film a bit slow and not so 'Hollywoodish'. Being a violinist, the music made the film for me.

It is technically and objectively excellent. The performances, the music, the cinematography, and the editing are all magnificent. The melodrama swelters a bit too much, though, and really it seems like a bit of Oscar-bait.

An odd-couple buddy movie with nothing much to recommend it except Jamie Foxx's tricky and technically proficient performance as the soloist. The film is more than a little exploitative, and in all sorts of ways.

i so didnt care for the nathaniel story, but the pictures of LA and the racoons were amazing :D