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Music Within is a well-intentioned but pedestrian production of a story that deserves better treatment.
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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. Nov 9, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
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
Pimentel's persistence and eventual triumph over prejudice and discrimination is a story worth telling, if only on a shoestring. Nov 9, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Pimentel's persistence and eventual triumph over prejudice and discrimination is a story worth telling, if only on a shoestring.
Susan Walker
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. Nov 9, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4
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
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. Nov 2, 2007 | Full Review…
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
This is a nice little well-meaning idea for a movie, but even with three writers on the payroll, it never really catches fire. Oct 31, 2007
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
I wanted to like this film Oct 29, 2007
I wanted to like this film
Richard Roeper
Low on drama, but funny, with interesting characters, good performances and is uplifting without being too sweet. Nov 30, 2007 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Low on drama, but funny, with interesting characters, good performances and is uplifting without being too sweet.
Robert Roten
It's just too bad that the pious treatment given the deserving Pimentel never translated into a more engaging film. Nov 29, 2007 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
It's just too bad that the pious treatment given the deserving Pimentel never translated into a more engaging film.
Dennis Schwartz
With period songs galore to tell you exactly what's going on inside protagonist Richard Pimentel (Ron Livingston), you hardly need plot or dialogue. Nov 14, 2007
With period songs galore to tell you exactly what's going on inside protagonist Richard Pimentel (Ron Livingston), you hardly need plot or dialogue.
Cynthia Fuchs
It gives me no pleasure to report that the [Richard] Pimentel biopic Music Within plays like a well-intentioned TV movie. Nov 9, 2007 | Rating: C
It gives me no pleasure to report that the [Richard] Pimentel biopic Music Within plays like a well-intentioned TV movie.
M.E. Russell
If you're looking for one-dimensional, uplifting pap, Music Within fits the bill. It's watchable. Pimentel is obviously a really interesting guy, and it's a shame his tale wasn't told with a bit more flair. Nov 9, 2007 | Rating: 2/5
If you're looking for one-dimensional, uplifting pap, Music Within fits the bill. It's watchable. Pimentel is obviously a really interesting guy, and it's a shame his tale wasn't told with a bit more flair.
Liz Braun
...an agreeable though entirely uneven piece of work... Nov 9, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
...an agreeable though entirely uneven piece of work...
David Nusair
Could this story have been told better? Yes! But, fantastic performances by Ron Livingston and Michael Sheen. Makes the movie worth your time. This story deserved to be told and I am so glad it finally was.
Super Reviewer
The story of a guy that is remarkable and accomplished great things. Although at times I feel the story is too much about his personal life than his professional life which brings his accomplishments. Some great people's lives do not make great movies.
Amazing! This movie centralizes around one man who works for the benefits and rights of all disabled individuals. It begins with war veterans and helping them get jobs, then eventually to all people. The story plot begins from back in the early 70's to the early 90's. Great cast: Clint Jung, Michael Sheen, and John Livingston. A must-see!
After school special made watchable by the cerebral paulsy guy.
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