Rotten
The real world needs more dogged folks willing to tilt at windmills. But movies often don't do their stories justice, and that has happened again here.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Music Within
Experience a movie that will make you believe anyone can change the world.
2007 · 1h 34m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Steven Sawalich
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Music Within
Overview
After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to Vietnam. During his service, Richard loses nearly all of his hearing. Joining a new circle of friends, including a man with cerebral palsy and an alcoholic war veteran, Richard discovers his gift for motivational speaking and becomes an advocate for people with disabilities.
Director and cast
- Steven Sawalich Director
- Ron Livingston as Richard Pimentel
- Melissa George as Christine
- Michael Sheen as Art Honeyman
- Marion Ross as Grandma
- Clint Jung as Richard's Dad
- Ridge Canipe as Young Richard
- Rebecca De Mornay as Richard's Mom
- Janssen Van De Yacht as Toddler Richard
- Leslie Nielsen Cast
- Linda Burden-Williams Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
33%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Pimentel's persistence and eventual triumph over prejudice and discrimination is a story worth telling, if only on a shoestring.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
Fresh
Salawich's film is entertaining and leaves you with warm feelings from learning about this man who turned adversity into good for so many others.
Marta Barber, Miami Herald
Fresh
This offbeat biopic is driven by Ron Livingston's engaging performance as Richard Pimentel, a gifted public speaker who lost his hearing in the Vietnam war and then spearheaded the disability rights movement in the U.S.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Rotten
This is a nice little well-meaning idea for a movie, but even with three writers on the payroll, it never really catches fire.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
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