Music Within

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Music Within

R,

2007,

1h 35m,

Drama

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33%

42 Reviews

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78%

2,500+ Ratings

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33%

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42 Reviews

78%

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2,500+ Ratings

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.

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Critics Consensus

Music Within is a well-intentioned but pedestrian production of a story that deserves better treatment.

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Claudia Puig

USA Today

Nov 9, 2007

2.5/4

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.

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Susan Walker

Toronto Star

Nov 9, 2007

2.5/4

Pimentel's persistence and eventual triumph over prejudice and discrimination is a story worth telling, if only on a shoestring.

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

Nov 2, 2007

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.

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Dave White

Movies.com

Apr 4, 2011

2/5

Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

Nov 30, 2007

B

Low on drama, but funny, with interesting characters, good performances and is uplifting without being too sweet.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Nov 29, 2007

C+

It's just too bad that the pious treatment given the deserving Pimentel never translated into a more engaging film.

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Hermione S

Jul 5, 2018

This was great movie and a great history lesson about the person behind the American with Disabilities law. Michael Sheen was a great surprise in this movie.

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Ron M

Apr 25, 2017

Great film and very though provoking

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Steven Sawalich

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Ron Livingston

Richard Pimentel

Melissa George

Christine

Michael Sheen

Art Honeyman

Yul Vazquez

Mike Stoltz

Rebecca De Mornay

Richard's Mom

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Synopsis

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: Steven Sawalich
Producer: Steven Sawalich, Brett Donowho
Screenwriter: Mark Andrew Olsen, Bret McKinney, Kelly Kennemer
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Articulus Entertainment, Quorum Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Drug Content|Sexual References|Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 26, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $153.2K
Runtime: 1h 35m

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