

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Acting
Foxx's committed, unsanitized portrayal of schizophrenia.
Direction
Wright's visual symphony when music takes over.
Score
Beethoven becomes a third character.

Director
Joe Wright
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jamie Foxx practiced cello for months; his coach was the real Nathaniel Ayers's former Juilliard classmate.
The film quietly critiques 2007-era LA's Skid Row policies that criminalized homelessness while offering no housing.