After watching the trailer what was your first thought? “Wow!” “That looks like an amazing movie?” “That’s going to be a tear jerker” You thought all of those things didn’t you? Well, The Soloist was all and wasn’t all of that. Huh?
Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr. both do a great job in the movie. If they get nominated for a Golden Globe or an Oscar, I won’t be shocked. The bad thing about the movie was you saw everything in the trailer. There were no real surprises.
You know going in that Nathaniel (Foxx) was a brilliant cellist and is mentally ill. Already know that by chance he meets Steve Lopez (Downey). Steve is a reporter and writes a story about Nathaniel. You knew all of that from the trailer. So why watch the movie?
The movie doesn’t really take you anywhere. Yeah, it’s based on a true story and the audience gets a glimpse into the life of schizophrenia that’s a little different than 2001’s A Beautiful Mind. But that’s about it. Because it’s true and liberties should be taken with the end, which it didn’t really have, I really think I could have watched it on HBO.
Great performances? Yes! Good script? Yes! Worth paying for? Not really. I’d wait for the DVD release.
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