Music Within
starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Hector Elizondo, Ron Livingston, Yul Vázquez, Michael Sheen
directed by: Steven Sawalich
directed by: Steven Sawalich
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A movie about a man who fought for the civil rights of the disabled may sound unbearable and self-important, but Music Within will surprise you with its rough, irreverent, and very entertaining wit. Even the title is caustic joke: Richard Pimentel (Ron Livingston, Office Space) comes back from the Vietnam War with a severe ringing in his ears that leaves him virtually deaf. Pimentel finds a new path in life when he starts a career finding jobs for his fellow vets--and forms a deep friendship with Art Honeyman (Michael Sheen, The Queen), a brilliant man whose body is twisted by cerebral palsy. Pimentel never loses his sardonic sense of humor, but he does find a genuine purpose in life when the U.S. government hires him to create a program to help employers hire the disabled--but his cause leads him away from his increasingly frustrated girlfriend (Melissa George, 30 Days of Night). Music Within proves to be a to be a garrulous, enjoyable warts-and-all biography, one that admires Pimentel's accomplishments but never loses sight of his human failings. No one gets turned into the representative of a suffering group; every character is well-drawn individual. Sharp supporting turns by Hector Elizondo (Pretty Woman), Yul Vazquez (American Gangster), and especially Rebecca De Mornay (Risky Business), as Pimentel's schizophrenic mother, give Music Within added punch. --Bret Fetzer
Movie DVD
Amazon.com:
A movie about a man who fought for the civil rights of the disabled may sound unbearable and self-important, but Music Within will surprise you with its rough, irreverent, and very entertaining wit. Even the title is caustic joke: Richard Pimentel (Ron Livingston, Office Space) comes back from the Vietnam War with a severe ringing in his ears that leaves him virtually deaf. Pimentel finds a new path in life when he starts a career finding jobs for his fellow vets--and forms a deep friendship with Art Honeyman (Michael Sheen, The Queen), a brilliant man whose body is twisted by cerebral palsy. Pimentel never loses his sardonic sense of humor, but he does find a genuine purpose in life when the U.S. government hires him to create a program to help employers hire the disabled--but his cause leads him away from his increasingly frustrated girlfriend (Melissa George, 30 Days of Night). Music Within proves to be a to be a garrulous, enjoyable warts-and-all biography, one that admires Pimentel's accomplishments but never loses sight of his human failings. No one gets turned into the representative of a suffering group; every character is well-drawn individual. Sharp supporting turns by Hector Elizondo (Pretty Woman), Yul Vazquez (American Gangster), and especially Rebecca De Mornay (Risky Business), as Pimentel's schizophrenic mother, give Music Within added punch. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating: - Wonderful movie...
Love this movie, highly recommend it. It will never take over the world, just a good movie, with solid performances.
Rating: 
- A MUST SEE
One of those jewels that will not be seen enough because of money.Great story, great film, great music.
Rating: - Good performances by Michael Sheen and Ron Livingston anchor this under-appreciated film
This fine film never found an audience. At all.Box Office Mojo reveals it to be an inarguable financial flop: a gross of $154k domestically, $187k worldwide.Ouch.You can help right that injustice by catching it on DVD - it's worth your time, most notably for Michael Sheen's brilliant performance as Art Honeyman, wracked physically by Cerebral Palsy, but brilliant and caustic in mind and spirit.Sheen is almost completely unrecognizable from his better seen appearances in The Queen (as a spot ... Read More
Rating: - I wonder what his wife thought?
Interesting movie & great glimpse into the ADA act.But I had to wonder what his wife thought as it is mostly about his relationship with another woman and the wife is just an endnote.Is this the way he wrote the story or just classic Hollywood meddling?You would think they'd work the wife's story in a little bit before ending the story in a "by the way, he didn't marry this woman, he married someone else."Also wanted to know how he could answer the telephone when he was deaf and not wearing ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Movie!
This is an excellent movie -- funny, serious, and educational.We use it in our foster care education programs to talk about diversity and consideration of others.
- Wonderful movie...Love this movie, highly recommend it. It will never take over the world, just a good movie, with solid performances.
- A MUST SEEOne of those jewels that will not be seen enough because of money.Great story, great film, great music.
- Good performances by Michael Sheen and Ron Livingston anchor this under-appreciated filmThis fine film never found an audience. At all.Box Office Mojo reveals it to be an inarguable financial flop: a gross of $154k domestically, $187k worldwide.Ouch.You can help right that injustice by catching it on DVD - it's worth your time, most notably for Michael Sheen's brilliant performance as Art Honeyman, wracked physically by Cerebral Palsy, but brilliant and caustic in mind and spirit.Sheen is almost completely unrecognizable from his better seen appearances in The Queen (as a spot ... Read More
- I wonder what his wife thought?Interesting movie & great glimpse into the ADA act.But I had to wonder what his wife thought as it is mostly about his relationship with another woman and the wife is just an endnote.Is this the way he wrote the story or just classic Hollywood meddling?You would think they'd work the wife's story in a little bit before ending the story in a "by the way, he didn't marry this woman, he married someone else."Also wanted to know how he could answer the telephone when he was deaf and not wearing ... Read More
- Excellent Movie!This is an excellent movie -- funny, serious, and educational.We use it in our foster care education programs to talk about diversity and consideration of others.
