Music Within
- Director:
- Steven Sawalich (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Bret McKinneyMark Andrew OlsenKelly Kennemer
- Cast:
- Ron LivingstonMelissa GeorgeMichael SheenYul VazquezRebecca De MornayLeslie Nielsen
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressThis real-life dramedy is anchored by Michael Sheen’s captivating performance as the severely handicapped, profoundly acerbic Art Honeyman.
USA Today
pressMovies often don't do their stories justice, and that has happened again here. The main problem is a tone that jarringly switches from a kind of Forrest Gump-style narrative to a more generic biopic.
Hollywood Reporter
pressLivingston and director Steven Sawalich keep the character in constant motion, his dialogue sprinkled with humor and his energy contagious. The film also is surrounded by a crew of ferociously individualistic characters.
Los Angeles Times
pressThe result is that they never truly find the innate drama in Pimentel's story, instead simply recounting four or five decades' worth of events that shaped the man.
The events that shaped one mans incredible life
The movie takes its name from an Oliver Wendell Holmes quote and plots an amazing life starting with a lack of a mother in a the true sense and covering the human reactions to a series of personal issues becomes an engrossing based on fact story. See Music Within
Variety
pressThis real-life dramedy is anchored by Michael Sheen’s captivating performance as the severely handicapped, profoundly acerbic Art Honeyman.
USA Today
pressMovies often don't do their stories justice, and that has happened again here. The main problem is a tone that jarringly switches from a kind of Forrest Gump-style narrative to a more generic biopic.
Hollywood Reporter
pressLivingston and director Steven Sawalich keep the character in constant motion, his dialogue sprinkled with humor and his energy contagious. The film also is surrounded by a crew of ferociously individualistic characters.
Los Angeles Times
pressThe result is that they never truly find the innate drama in Pimentel's story, instead simply recounting four or five decades' worth of events that shaped the man.
The events that shaped one mans incredible life
The movie takes its name from an Oliver Wendell Holmes quote and plots an amazing life starting with a lack of a mother in a the true sense and covering the human reactions to a series of personal issues becomes an engrossing based on fact story. See Music Within
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