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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Livingston and director Steven Sawalich keep the character in constant motion, his dialogue sprinkled with humor and his energy contagious. The film also is surrounded by a crew of ferociously individualistic characters. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety |

    Helmed by Steve Sawalich, this real-life dramedy is anchored by Michael Sheen's captivating performance as the severely handicapped, profoundly acerbic Art Honeyman. Read full review

  • 63
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    It's everything it ought to be: right-minded, well-intentioned, compassionate. But it doesn't rise above made-for-cable public service announcement, either. Read full review

  • 63
    New York Daily News | Jack Mathews

    The performances are all solid, but Sheen, last seen as Tony Blair in "The Queen," is so good in his incredibly demanding role that he makes the natural discomfort people feel at seeing someone so debilitated disappear completely. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Just remember that its hero stands for countless others. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Movies often don't do their stories justice, and that has happened again here. The main problem is a tone that jarringly switches from a kind of Forrest Gump-style narrative to a more generic biopic. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    If it does nothing else, Music Within shows us how deeply Ron Livingston's amiable face can take us into a movie. But even likable mugs like his -- remember him in "Office Space"? -- need help from the movies around them. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    Rarely rises above the level of a TV movie. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times |

    A bad movie with a good heart. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

    The result is that they never truly find the innate drama in Pimentel's story, instead simply recounting four or five decades' worth of events that shaped the man. Read full review

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