This movie is a true life story about a writer for the LA Times, Steve Lopez(played by Robert Downey Jr, who is superb in this movie) who runs into a homeless man who was a student at Julliard. The writer decides to write about the man, Nathaniel Ayers(played by Jamie Foxx who is really good as well) and the movie deals with the relationship that forms.
I liked this movie much much more than I expected to. It deals with the issues of homelessness, mental illness and the issues facing anyone who wants to try and help out. It illustrated that the issue is much more complicated than most movies like this do.
I would highly recommend this movie, if you only see if for Robert Downey Jr's performance it would be worth it.
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