Slightly more entertaining than a documentary

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2014)

The story is amazing and inspirational yet I would rate the movie as good not close to great. What the script lacked was imagination and a story arch. Another disappointing failing was any attempt at character development. With such rich source material it is very disappointing. The potential was for so much greater. I was rooting for this movie! The movie represented simply a telling of events that occurred in this man's life. Perhaps the pressure was great to fit it all in but left a "matter of fact" feeling of the telling. Despite the movie's shortcomings the acting was solid and photography beautifully done. Overall the true life story of Louie is so inspirational that at the end of the movie the theatre erupted in applause which spoke more to the life lived than the quality of the movie.