Within this past year I’ve tried to see almost every style and type of movie, but I lacked in seeing any documentaries. So when the opportunity arrived to see one this past weekend I decided to see Itzhak. Most of the time I believe that many documentaries have trouble letting the information become dull, but this movie really kept we captivated and interested in an area that I’m very unfamiliar with. While also gaining the opportunity to learn about the struggles endured by a man I had never even heard about.

The basic premise of this documentary follows the life the talented violinist, Itzhak Perlman, and the course of his life with his violinist talents. It delves into his immigration from Poland to Israel, and his physical struggle after recovering from polio. The documentary really showcases the struggle that Perlman went through in making him and his talent taken seriously as a violinist in his musician studies despite his lasting piolo disability affects.

I genuinely loved everything about this documentary, and loved Perlman and his humor in his series of interviews as well. The family, friends, and other talented musicians in their own right that were interviewed in the course of the film were also also very captivating, and made the film more delightful. I also loved how Perlman was consistently presented as a strong and enduring figure, and how they really emphasized his tenacity to let his talent shine through despite his condition and disabilities that came from that.

As for aspects of the movie I found lackluster during the course of watching the movie, there are very few that I can criticize. I believe through were some points in the movie that might have dragged from time to time, but nothing too major. The film probably could have been a little shorter as well, but all in all I thoroughly enjoyed the story of man I had never heard about, yet made me feel inspired.

I believe this movie is worth for everyone to see, and I believe the message this documentary exudes is something that we need to be reminded of more often. To be told that life is game that you must trudge on through, and to let the things that make you different not hold you back, but to make you a stronger individual. Perlman story needs to be heard, and his masterful talent and gift at music should be demonstrated to everyone not just to people interested in music.