2009 · drama · music
The Soloist
Directed by Joe Wright1h 57m2009
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Our read: The Soloist (2009) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · music entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- sombre
- tender
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