how can music have the power to stir one soul . perhaps it lie not in the music itself and but within all that the music come with the history of it . it past and all the different hand that have go into shape it and the work of the individual that create that music at that moment . music be the most delicate of the art and for once create and it can never be re create identically . and each moment be flee and dynamic and relate to the moment before and the moment that follow . this movie follow the path of a violin and a it exchange hand over century and touch life and bring passion and pain . the theme of the movie and first hum by the violin maker wife and become the voice of the violin and link the human soul with that of the violin . i wouldn not go so far a to say that her soul inhabit the violin and a other review here have . however and i think the movie try to show how everything that have occur in the life of this violin have affect and shape it and make it into the perfect musical instrument it be . i be especially impress by the performance of the little boy in vienna . he be actually play the violin amazing . and the soundtrack and of course and be incredible . joshua bell be god . above all and this movie be about passion . feeling be not just intangible wisp of nothingness that vanish as soon a they be create . they remain in the vessel that create them and and in the vessel that be affect by them . in this case and all the passion that surround this violin become a part of it . when one person play it and the music bring back the memory of all those who have play it before . the story be slow than most movie today and yes . but why let that dissuade you . why go see a movie if you aren not willing to let it take you in and absorb you and and free you from the time contraints of everyday life . the movie be make to be watch and not a an accompaniment to popcorn . let the story be spin around you and and take thing in a they come . trust in the storyteller to unfold the event fully and satisfactorily . you have all the time in the world to watch this movie . finally and let the music itself envelop you . feel the sweep of the phrase and the rich fullness in the violin voice . enjoy the lopsided and fun and gypsy theme ( my personal favorite ) and the firey passion of pope theme and the frenzied desperateness that come with the little boy in vienna . take in the despair that be the cultural revolution in china and where anna theme and full of long and sadness and come to it prime . anna know she be go to die and hence her melancholy humming . the violin become her child and her last creation and and her voice . see this movie and and let it take you in .