The Music Within
Anyone can change the world.
Ron Livingston delivers the performance of a lifetime in this acclaimed film based on the incredible true-life story of Richard Pimentel. Deafened by a bomb blast in Vietnam, Richard (Livingston) returns home and discovers his life's calling: helping others with disabilities, including his fellow veterans. Along with his bestfriend Art (Michael Sheen), a wheelchair-bound rebel with a wicked wit, Richard fights for the rights of those whose voices can't always be heard. Music Within is a powerful and inspiring journey that every American should take.
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The Music Within - Jude
This was an excellent movie based on a true story. The acting of Michael Sheen is extraordinary and I cannot understand why this film did not have more critical acclaim. This is a very thought provoking story about the disabled in America (and I suspect the rest of the world) and the person who became their advocate.The Music Within - AppsScraps
I attended the Toronto premier of Director Stephen Sawalich's film, Music Within, starring Ron Livingston and Michael Sheen. Music Within tells the story of Richard Pimentel, who while not well known in North America, can be credited with bringing people with disabilities, their cause and their issues into the mainstream. His seminal training program, based on his 1981 book Tilting at Windmills, was mandatory training for all bureaucrats in the US government, and his efforts led to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (something which shamefully, Canada has yet to legislate nationally). I wanted to like this movie and think it would have been better served had Sawalich focused less on Pimentel the man and more on what he accomplished. While I appreciated getting to know more about someone who's story rightly needs to be told, I think this film would have done better as a PBS documentary than the Sunday-Night-at-the-Movies plodding film (with plodding storyline and poor production values) it is. Worse, I felt I spent 90-odd minutes hammered by a public service announcement on an issue I already wholly support.
For raising awareness on this issue, my rating 3 out of 10.I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHY... - Ricardo
this movie left me feeling like I had seen the second-rate version of the real movie. The story is extremely interesting and touching, the acting is not bad at all, specially the character with cerebral palsy, and the movie is supposed to be inspiring and eye-opening. However, for whatever reason, I finished watching it and felt like it was lacking something, although I don't know what that was. The only thing I can think of is that somehow there were no real moments when I saw the character struggle through his disability, and the tone set at the beginning almost made it sound like a comedy.
Still, it's not a bad movie at all and I definitely recommend it
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The Music Within - Jude
This was an excellent movie based on a true story. The acting of Michael Sheen is extraordinary and I cannot understand why this film did not have more critical acclaim. This is a very thought provoking story about the disabled in America (and I suspect ...The Music Within - AppsScraps
I attended the Toronto premier of Director Stephen Sawalich's film, Music Within, starring Ron Livingston and Michael Sheen. Music Within tells the story of Richard Pimentel, who while not well known in North America, can be credited with bringing people with ...I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHY... - Ricardo
this movie left me feeling like I had seen the second-rate version of the real movie. The story is extremely interesting and touching, the acting is not bad at all, specially the character with cerebral palsy, and the movie is supposed to be inspiring and ...