The Soloist (2009)

Director: Joe Wright
Release Date: April 24, 2009
Genre: Drama
MPAA: Rated PG-13
Universal




The ORB's take: Worth a DVD rental! It will make you think.

Movie Review:
Jamie Fox and Robert Downey Jr. can act and they do a great job in this dramatic film. Nothing over the top, and nothing award worthy, but great acting. The script was one of those scripts that worked and kept pulling you into the characters and their emotions. Jamie Fox is a mentally ill, talented musician (Cello and Violinist), who is homeless on the streets of LA. Downey Jr. is a writer for the LA Times that can't find an interesting story for his column until he stumbles upon Jamie Fox playing a violin with only 2 strings on it. Downey Jr. continues to run into Foxx and finds him intriguing and asks to write about him. While writing Foxx's story he feels compelled to get him some help and see him play music again. That is where the story begins and has a great ending with your typical ups and downs that always occur in this type of a film. If you enjoy either one or both of these actors you will like this film and agree that it is worth a rental.

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