Oscar for Cuba

Rating: Null/10 (2 November 2003)

This is a movie about what is right. Not what is convenient, not what is politically correct, and certainly not about what is the appropriate image. This is a movie where two people with supposedly nothing in common are somehow brought together.
The first appears to need help and has nothing to give to others. The other is in complete control of a apparently satisfying life and has no obligation to anyone. Yet, through coming together we find the former can change a community and the latter finds a new life far more fulfilling than the past one.
The premise for this movie may seem overused - man helps handicapped young man. However, Ed Harris and Cuba Gooding Jr soon make us forget about any retreating of past plots. Harris' character is one where all of us see something about ourselves Â– both the bad and the good. Gooding, well, Gooding does such a remarkable job that we forget he is supposed to be acting. Especially when the real Radio is shown at the end of the movie Â– we realize how truly great Cuba's performance was.
This is a movie that I enjoyed while in the theater, but now a day later realize that the message it conveys is still with me - "do what is right and it will always work out in the end."