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Goodbye Solo is the story of Solo, a kindhearted 34-year-old Senegalese taxi driver in North Carolina. He is hired by William, a tough 70-year-old white southerner, to drive him in two weeks time to a mountaintop from which William plans to jump to his death. Solo decides to charm his way into becoming William's friend, and this odd couple's unexpected friendship grows. Now all Solo has to do is change the old man's mind before the two weeks are up.
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I keep forgetting that when I choose a movie to see after a long hiatus of not being able to get out, that the independent movies are different from the studio catwalk selections. Tighter shots and close ups, less characters, more script dependent, and unpredictable plot lines - many times they are the anti-Marley and Me stories. So judging from a more select crew of tales this one is a good one. The main character has an infectious personality and is truly a princpled human being living a manageable American Dream. The suporting characters are consistent and directed quite well. One character we hear, the semi-sypathic dispatcher, yet never meet.
A long way from Louie DePalma- But my favorite part of this movie is how thoughly well developed the character of Solo is. We know him and what he will do so well that it frustrates us that everyone else in his world (and ours) can't be as consistent. But the moral of the story is that people are consistent and that they rarely deviate from their paths. The ones who do end up in a studio movie, a best-selling book, or a nice painting.If you keep this in mind- I think you will have a much better time managing your expectations of independent films.
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Has anyone in the movies ever been as happy to get a phone call as the man known, in "Goodbye Solo," as Solo? Whenever his cell goes off, not only does Solo (Souléymane Sy Savané) answer right away, he does so as if the caller, occasionally a codger named William (Red West), were the most important man on earth - really, William is just one of the saddest. (Full review)
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