O Reviews The Soloist - Starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.

May 2009 Screen Gem: The Soloist

By Jessica Winter
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the May 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. star in a moving tale of a prodigy lost and found.

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