Music Within

Here's an inspirational movie based on a true story: 2007's Music Within.

Ron Livingston (Office Space) stars as Richard Pimentel. Richard looses almost all his hearing in the Vietnam war. He comes home and finds a new calling - fighting to get wounded vets and otherwise disabled people jobs.

There are a few problems with the movie, like Ron Livingston is not able to pass as a 19 or 20-year old. And it is rated R for bad language, so kids who'd be able to learn quite a bit from it are not its target audience, I guess.

But otherwise this is a really good movie. Your emotions will run the gamut. It's funny, touching, tragic, and inspiring. And most importantly, it's honest. Here's a real biography of a real person - good and bad.

It's also worth watching 2 of the DVDs extra features: the making of, and actual live footage of the real Richard Pimentel.