The Soloist (2009)

This film was formed from a true story, where a LA Times writer; Steve Lopez (played by Robert Downey Jr.) who is searching for a story to put in the newspaper. He finds a homeless person, played by Jamie Foxx, who is wearing peculiar clothes and playing a violin, which only has 2 strings. The man introduces himself as Nathanial Ayers, who does not seem all there, although something tells Steve that the man was once a very intelligent man...

The main actors of the film, the Soloist consisted by Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr. and Catherine Keener. These actors are very famous for various other film such as Miama Vice and Sherlock Holmes sequel. These films all did well in the cinema, which gives this film a confident cast and good chance to be popular with the public. 
The director; Joe Wright, who has only been directing since 1997, has directed many movies that have done very well in film, for example Atonement and Pride and Prejudice. This give the film a better chance of being popular with the public.
The film had an exceeded high budget of $60,000,000 which meant that the producer could afford to have very famous actors involved in the film and also would be able to use appropriate locations and equipment.
Although the film had well known actors and directors the film did not do as well as what the producer had hoped for. This, i think, was because it was not advertised enough to the population.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0821642/ - IMDB website with information about the film

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0821642/usercomments?start=20 - Public reviews on the film

http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2009/04/27/review-the-soloist/ - Review