This should have been a fascinating, inspiring, poignant film. Returning from Vietnam with a deafening case of tinnitus Richard Pimentel (Ron Livingston) befriends Art (Michael Sheen), who has the more overt affliction of cerebral palsy. The stigma and discrimination of an ignorant public galvanises the outspoken Richard, whose training and employment programs form the cornerstone of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Livingstone has an engaging everyman quality while Sheen brings an astounding commitment as well as a wry humour to Art’s debilitated state. Melissa George, Hector Elizondo’s and Rebecca De Mornay also star in a rather muddled, middle of the road biopic, where interesting performances and an intriguing historical plot are squandered by the flabby screenplay and uninspired direction.
ImagePublished in the November issue of Filmink.
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