tims67-100-510744 As in the title i was surprised with this film, the reason i watched it is because i see so many homeless people in my home city of Glasgow and at times i try and help homeless people i find while on my way home with the odd king rib supper or whatever food i can get for these people who live on the streets...The film itself was very dark, slow and strange at times but i suppose that is exactly what the movie was supposed to be, to live on the streets with no fixed abode must be horrendous to say the least and i cant even imagine how that feels unless i was in their situation so the movie should be dark and slow considering a night on the pavement is probably on the cards.I have also not watched that many movies with Richard Gere but i have to say i think he nailed this, i barely recognised him in some scenes even though i knew it was Richard Gere, without makeup and the hat he wore was a great disguise on most scenes and ofcourse is normal for homeless people to wear i suppose all year round, as the film entered the the last scenes i started to think that things were done in real time without the aid off extras and other stupid film making costs which i think was a great touch and further reading it looks like my instincts were correct because as i read Richard Gere was mistaken for a homeless person and offered pizza by a generous passer by during filming. Good film, and not only that a descent ending which can be difficult in film making.7/10

valadas A simple story of a complicated life. A lonely man who was someone sometime is now reduced to the condition of a homeless and family less looking for shelter and food. He has no identity card of any kind which makes it difficult for him to get social security help or even a birth certificate copy. He was somebody once, he is nobody now and knows it. He has got an estranged daughter whom he meets from time to time at the bar where she works but who doesn't want to have any kind of relationship with him although she helps him sometimes with a beer or little money. He travels from homeless shelter to homeless shelter and subjects himself to long bureaucratic questionings trying to get documentary and security help. He meets another homeless man, an Afroamerican with whom he establishes a more humane relationship. This one is rather talkative and boasts of being (or having been) a jazz player. The last scene seems to show however that may be a more sentimental relation with his estranged daughter is about to start. Richard Gere does an excellent job as the protagonist.

cmv32261 People who rated this movie higher than 1 clearly never had to deal with people with mental illness.What was the moral of the story?, proof that our system is screwed up? Sad fact is that unless you have Federal and State governments, and the Judicial system working together to commit the mentally ill to mental institutions, people who cannot or will not (i.e.) refuse to seek treatment and follow their doctor's advice homelessness will continue the same holds true for those with chemical dependency and self medicating mentally ill.My former and now deceased fiancé suffered from the symptoms of Bipolar Depression and PTSD, I met her back in late 2013 when she lived in the apartment right below mine, she immediately told me about her mental illnesses, she failed to tell me that the symptoms were far from under control.My mentally ill former fiancé self medicated, she drank liquor that intensified the symptoms of her Bipolar Depressionand she smoke Marijuana, since the primary symptom of PTSD is Paranoid Schizophrenia the THC intensified her paranoia.My mentally ill former, and now deceased fiancé tried committing suicide overdosing on Lithium kicked in my apt. door, wrecking door and door frame, spent 7-9 days at county mental hospital, was evicted from the apt. complex I still reside at.A year later my former and now deceased fiancé, 9 mos. earlier we both mutually agreed that due to her illness she was unable to maintain a serious relationship with any man, as I was saying she attempted suicide a 2nd time, this time she tried by overdosing on Latuda and Lamictal, I was not present at the time, yes she was institutionalized for a time, but unaware of how long.October 10, 2015, 7 mos. from her 2nd attempt at her 2nd attempt at committing suicide, she was living with a couple who knew what her mental issues were, the man in the relationship has mental issues of his own, as I was saying he had a loaded handgun laying around which she found, shot herself in the head killing herself.My former fiancé was only 41 yrs. old, if the court system had had her committed to an institution where she was under 24/7 supervision and forced to take medication to treat her symptoms she would still be with me.I learned absolutely nothing enlightening from this movie.

kyliem11 We follow George, a homeless, alcoholic man, from doorway to gutter. We wait for the entire movie for something to happen, but, sadly, it never really does. A lot of the movie is shot through windows, from inside a building at George on the outside, and visa versa, which I didn't really see the point of. There were time's I actually struggled to keep my eyes open.We do get a bit of an insight into the plight of a homeless person, called cartoons by themselves because they are 'invisible' to most people, which, I guess was the idea of the movie but it just does not keep you interested.I like Gere as an actor but really do not get why he chose to star in this movie, don't waste your time like he did!