Nick Nolte and Darren Jones star in this inspirational story of a singer/songwriter who has left home to pursue his dreams, but without a plan, he is now unhoused. he is taken in by an older unhoused gentleman (Nolte), a former veteran who doesn’t quite fit in with society, who teaches him the ropes, and keeps him safe enough so he can realize his path.

This felt like it was inspired by the true story of someone who I should know from a reality show, but it’s not. It isn just a simple heartwarming drama, where two people divided by generations can find a friendship that could radically change them both. It is a solid performance from Nolte, who is sounding worse and worse, so having him in a film called The Golden Voice is almost mean. This is also not a story of the unhoused man who was called the Man With The Golden Voice, and turned his 15 minutes of fame into a short lived career.

The movie doesn’t have audio description. I did make it from beginning to end, but I also had a lot of questions. One of the things that makes this a little easier is its simplicity. it has a relatively small cast, isn’t very long, and is mostly conversational between the two leads, or featuring some moments of singing. I doubt this is a visually striking film, but there’s still so much context and non-verbal clues getting lost

Fresh: 6.6/10