The Soloist
In an attempt to improve his work, Step Lopez, a young ambitious Los Angeles journalist, who faces many challenges in work that was about to leave him jobless, meets a homeless musician, whom he wants to write his story, the thing that shocked him.
3 September 1970, Eugene, Oregon, USA
1 April 1990, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
17 May 1994, San Diego, California, USA
31 July 1984, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
1970, Santa Monica, California, USA
8 September 1962, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
12 October 1974, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
21 January 1981, Sterling, Massachusetts, USA
17 November 1951, Sarasota, Florida, USA
4 February 1986, USA
29 June 1980, London, England, UK
January 17, 2010
Una película sobre periodismo y marginalidad, sobre el poder redentor del arte y la solidaridad humana, sostenida por dos buenas actuaciones de Jamie Foxx y Robert Downey Jr.
December 31, 2009
The music's as troubled as the subject matter
December 29, 2010
There's no crescendo in Joe Wright's drama.
April 27, 2009
Has its moments, but too heavy-handed and predictable.
January 26, 2011
The Soloist never completely transcends that Hollywood formula feel, but it has enough transcendent moments to make it worth recommending.
April 27, 2009
Tthis is a maudlin, stereotypical story that never moved at all.
June 13, 2009
In the hands of a director more suited to the material The Soloist might have been a deeply moving experience. Here, we know something important is being played out before us, and there are times when it hits home with force. But in their exercise of dram
May 06, 2010
Develops the feel-good plot in true newspaper style: a few heart tugs followed by a punch in the face.
May 01, 2009
It feels like a puzzle with some significant pieces missing.
April 01, 2011
The subject matter is a little too easy to overdo for that, but it is pretty good, thanks to a pair of fine performances from its leads and a director who understands understatement. And sometimes those can be as rare to find as a genuine musical prodigy.
September 25, 2009
A deliriously imperfect film - and all the better for it.
