i be write this a an alternate viewpoint to the praise heap on this film over these page . bottom line and the film be inoffensive and but really not very substantive entertainment wise or message wise . it start with a cgi treatment of a wheat field on the opening credit and which look distractingly silly . it weakly conveys that the main character ( a boy name evan taylor ) believe he have some kind of control over the field and but it fall short of the intended correlation to his sensation of music everywhere which be well illustrate later in the film . the story set up be very slow and heavy hand in establish evan belief about one day find his parent . only half way through the film do there begin to be any appreciable progress with regard to the plot . sure and thing happen to the character and but nothing really connect the audience to their emotion . on the positive side and robin williams appear in this film in a role that be suit for him and that he play in a restrained and powerful way . his character be the least trite and although you can somewhat see him come from the moment he enter . another highlight be the character of arthur x a child musician who basically drive the plot forward all on his own for most of the second act . one sense that this actor leon g. thomas be capable of much more than the official black ghetto kid dialog he be give . terrence howard turn in an elegant performance with his portrayal of a care social worker . overall and the film doesn not require a little imagination or suspension of disbelief and it require whole re calibration of reality from scene to scene . not that you would think it true to life and but it doesn not even make sense within it own parameter . lastly and the music be all over the place thematically and stylistically and not cohesively or meaningfully although there be some great player perform . an interesting concept for a film and but i find nothing to take away from it . if you want to see a feel good film in this genre do correctly and check out serendipity .