The Soloist

Los Angeles columnist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr. ) has reached an impasse in his life. His marriage is on the rocks, and he's disillusioned with his job. Then, while wandering through L. A. 's Skid Row, he spots a homeless man (Jamie Foxx) playing a two-stringed violin with a virtuoso's skill. Lopez initially thinks of the man, named Nathaniel Ayers, as just a story idea. But as he begins to unravel the mystery of Ayers' strange fate, Lopez realizes that a change is happening within himself. …