this movie show the hurt that a number of character suffer a a result of disability and race and or personal circumstance . into their life come an intelligent and care person who happen to be deaf . he help each through the tough time and yet at the end of the day and he too have to deal with own hurt and rejection . the leading character be a young man name singer and perform by allan arkin and who be still go strong forty year on . the movie present the viewer with a number of sub plot that become slightly unwieldy . yet all the character feel the ray of light and hope that their friend bring into their life . the end be puzzle at first but we can see that the problem of some people be often easy to handle than those who be their strength and support . a fine movie with a great performance by allan arkin . cicely tyson and steacy keach and chuck mccann and sondra locke give great performance as well . this unassuming movie have a lot heart and maybe that why it work so well .