The Soloist

(2009)

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Directed By: Joe Wright
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener

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Year: (2009)
MPAA: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Overview: A reporter (Robert Downey Jr.) befriends a mentally ill and homeless man (Jamie Foxx), once a student at Juilliard but now playing music on the streets of Los Angeles.

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Jamie Foxx has been added to the cast of Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' latest Todd Phillips (The Hangover) comedy, Due Date. He joins Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.Foxx and Downey Jr. recently starred in The Soloist together, a drama by Joe Wright about the true story of Nathaniel Ayers (Foxx), a talented musician who becomes homeless after developing schizophrenia, and Steve Lopez (Downey Jr.), a Los Angeles Times columnist ... [more]
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User Comments

User Rating: 8

MovieFan89

Posted: 09/11/09 03:09 PM

This was a really good film. Even though this was a true story it had a great storyline, and plot. I thought that Jamie Foxx, and Robert Downey Jr. delivered key performances in their acting carrers, and they both should be recognized at next years oscars. Why is a gifted violinist on the streets, I think someone should give him a gig at a restaurant or something. This film was a really moving picture, and should be recognized at the oscars next year. If I were you I would go see this film, and give it a grade of a B.

~MovieFan89~

User Rating: 9

leatherripsta

Posted: 01/21/09 01:07 PM

Its pschologically realistic to ones life. One man who has a job, that has money, is soul searching, maybe doesn't know who he is, while the other man(Nathaniel Ayers) who has nothing, but his violin, seems to be happy, though he is schizop...(Read full post...)

User Rating: 10

Blackraven

Posted: 10/15/09 09:13 AM

I thought this was a really good film . I thought all the actors done a amazing job in it and that Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr worked really well together . I also love the store , it's so moving . I would highly recommend this film to ...(Read full post...)