Journalist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) finds an interesting story when one day he comes across a homeless guy playing classical music on a broken violin. As he starts talking to the guy he discovers that his name is Nathaniel Ayers (Jaime Foxx) and he used to be a student at Juilliard. Determined to get a good story about why a Juilliard student is now homeless he starts spending more time with Nathaniel and realizes that he is getting involved in much more than a simple story. Foxx did an amazing job in this role and it is a touching story even if it is not the best movie.
