Movie: The Soloist
Just watched it. It clocks in at just under two hours and has a story arc that lends itself to end at about an hour and twenty or thirty, but the story continues to flesh out to the two full hours and rightfully so.
The whole film is essentially Robert Downy Jr. starting the film in similar form as Iron Man and ending it and emotional wreck. He even cries. Lol.
Also, Jamie Foxx is outstanding. I loved him as Ray Charles. This movie is the farthest thing from, except that his character is a Julliard drop out.
It at first came across as a nice, low-budget cash grab utilizing two mega stars. What changed my mind is that both actors cared about their characters genuinely and the performance as well. The synopsis on the DVD case reveals nothing about the actual plot of the film.
This is good. It is deep (without being over-bearing), and a great insight into mental disease.
See it. It is very much worth it.
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