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MPAA RATING: R for language and some sexual content
Starring Josh Hartnett, Adam Scott, David Bowie, Naomie Harris, and Rip Torn
August follows Tom Sterling as an aggressive, young dot-com entrepreneur who fights to keep his start-up company afloat. Tom finds himself on a personal and professional downward spiral as he struggles to reunite with girlfriend, Sarrah, regain control of his company from his apathetic investor Ogilvie , and deal with age-old family wounds with his father, David and his brother Joshua. (First Look Studios)
| GENRE(S): | Drama |
| WRITTEN BY: | Howard A. Rodman |
| DIRECTED BY: | Austin Chick |
| RELEASE DATE: | Theatrical: July 11, 2008 |
| RUNNING TIME: | minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Keith J gave it a7:
Don't trust movie critics (generally smart people who majored in English and are annoyed they were left out of the tech boom) to rate this movie accurately. Some get it right, but many downplay it because it isn't a topic of interest to them. If you were touched by the dot-com bubble - for example, if you lost half your net worth when the NASDAQ collapsed, or especially if you worked in the dot-com industry back then - you will find this movie hard to stop watching. It's not perfect. Some dialogue is leaden, and there are subplots that get too much screen time. But worth watching if the subject matter is of interest.
Emil S. gave it an8:
Much better than the ratings & reviews indicate. This is the first film I've seen that effectively captures that unbearable e-snottiness that flooded America during the dotcom craze. The story is set in August 2001, which perhaps is still too recent in the public consciousness to be fairly objective. The cast is superb, including David Bowie who delivers a briliant albeit brief scene towards the end. Plus, there's no trace of those all to familiar "indie" film clichés that compel you to hit Eject (except for the score perhaps, which I found somewhat relentless.) Deserves to be re-evaluated, once we all grow up a little.
Jay H. gave it a4:
This is one boring movie. It started out slow, developed into more slowness but from there it got lethargic. I didn't care about any character in the movie, the story was tedious. On the plus side, the acting was fine and it was professionally made.
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