The Soloist

The soloist is a film made in 2009 which is based the book written by Steve Lopez. The film is a drama genre and is based on a true story about a musician caled Nathaniel Ayers who develops a mental illness and then becomes homeless.
The plot of the film is about Nathaniel being homeless and ill. One day he meets Steve Lopez, a Newspaper writer, who then decides to write newspaper column about Nathaniel. An old women then reads the article an din sympathy, sends Steve Lopez a Cello to give to Nathaniel. The main plot of the film is about Steve Lopez trying to help Nathaniel.
The director of the film was Joe Wright, who had directed other popular films such as Pride and Prejudice (2005), and Atonement (2003). Nathaniel is played by Jamie Foxx and Steve Lopez is played by Robert Downy Jr.
The film spent over nine and a half million dollars to be shown in over two thousand theatres. Each Theatre would make an average of Four thousand dollars from Customers. In total, The film only gained around half of the money they had spent on making this film, bringing in over thirty one million dollars in total.
The film has only been nominated for one award. The category was Best actor and the nominee was Jamie Foxx. It has an average rating of (out of 10) around 6 stars. A large percentage of viewers have rated this film low because of The plot of the film.