No movie has ever captured the gift a human heart and mind can offer. It accounts the story of Evan Taylor (played by Freddie Highmore; Five Children and It) an orphan who is a music prodigy. He can connect to the sounds of nature as if the world is his orchestra. He picks up any musical instrument he has never played before and performs it like a pro. But most of all, he used his music in the story to find his also musically-talented mother, Lyla (played by Felicity’s Keri Russell) and father, Louis (played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers; Prozac Nation).
As a child, Evan knew that his parents connected to him even if they are cities apart. He can connect to them with the moon and the music in the wind. As the story goes, Evan explains that the wind took him to New York to find his parents. There he meets Wizard (played oh so excellently by the great Robin Williams) who takes him in. Wizard takes advantage of Evan’s talents to make money in the streets of New York (yes, he is an antagonist, but you’ll still love him by his powerful performance in the movie; in short, the movie will never shine as bright without Robin Williams). A series of events lead him in a chase away from the police, into a church shelter, and finally getting in to Julliard School of Music. There, he’s highly regarded with his immense talent. The school administrators even asked him to conduct a symphony with thousands watching in the Spring Music Festival.
The movie fully captures the life of an 11-year old child who loved music more than food. He can hear the music that most people cannot hear. The music flows from the wind and rushes down through his veins. Every artist or environmentalist in the world can relate with Evan in the story – for we are all one with nature. Every single part of our being is a thread that vibrates with nature. Whatever art we are into, the source has always been the One that binds us all.
Every part of the movie is without any flaw. Every act builds upon climax after climax. You’ll finish the movie feeling that your cheeks are so flustered, your mind so enlightened, and your heart full to the brim with joy.
